Waste iron as a robust and ecological catalyst for decomposition industrial dyes under UV irradiation.

ABSTRACT: In an era of increasing environmental awareness, it is very important to work towards eliminating or at least reducing as many harmful industrial substances as possible. However, the implementation of green chemistry methods for wastewater treatment can be difficult especially due to complexity, the high cost of reagents, and the required long process time. This paper focuses on using waste iron (WI) to remove two kinds of amaranth dye commonly used in industry. To enhance the process, UV irradiation and hydrogen peroxide were used. The novelty of the research was the use of efficient and reusable WI as a heterogeneous catalyst in the process. WI material characteristics was done before and after the process using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

SUBMITTER: Sciezynska D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10212823 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature