{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Xie S"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["867-875"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8693352"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["In this work, pristine aluminum (Al) powder was soaked in deionized water for a time period and then it was dried and heat-treated at 400 °C such that a layer of fine Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> grains covered the Al particle surfaces, forming oxide modified Al powder (OM-Al). It was found that OM-Al greatly enhanced the efficiency in removing methyl orange (M-orange) and methyl blue (M-blue) in aqueous solution. The time to completely degrade M-orange and M-blue by OM-Al is about one third of that by pristine Al powder, and decreases with increasing dosage of OM-Al. The enhancement in dye removal rate by oxide modification is much better than that with ultrasonic assistance, especially for M-blue. LC/MS spectrum analyses revealed that large dye molecules are broken into small biodegradabl"],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pubmed_title":["Oxide modified aluminum for removal of methyl orange and methyl blue in aqueous solution."],"pmcid":["PMC8693352"],"funding_grant_id":["51872181"],"pubmed_authors":["Yang Y","Gai WZ","Deng ZY","Xie S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Oxide modified aluminum for removal of methyl orange and methyl blue in aqueous solution.","description":"In this work, pristine aluminum (Al) powder was soaked in deionized water for a time period and then it was dried and heat-treated at 400 °C such that a layer of fine Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> grains covered the Al particle surfaces, forming oxide modified Al powder (OM-Al). It was found that OM-Al greatly enhanced the efficiency in removing methyl orange (M-orange) and methyl blue (M-blue) in aqueous solution. The time to completely degrade M-orange and M-blue by OM-Al is about one third of that by pristine Al powder, and decreases with increasing dosage of OM-Al. The enhancement in dye removal rate by oxide modification is much better than that with ultrasonic assistance, especially for M-blue. LC/MS spectrum analyses revealed that large dye molecules are broken into small biodegradabl","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Dec","modification":"2025-04-04T09:00:22.407Z","creation":"2025-04-04T09:00:22.407Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8693352","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35423697"],"doi":["10.1039/d0ra09048d"]}}