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JOURNAL OF THE TAIWAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
Volume 78, Issue -, Pages 137-143Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2017.04.045
Keywords
Nitrobenzene; Degradation; Persulfate; Zero-valent zinc; Ultrasound
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21377056, 21407078]
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In the presence of low frequency ultrasound (US) generated from an ultrasonic cleaning bath, the degradation efficiency of nitrobenzene (C6H5NO2, NB) by Zn-0-activated persulfate (PS) reached 96% within 2 h, which is much higher than that by PS or Zn-0 alone in the presence of US or that by Zn-0-activated PS in the absence of US. The synergistic effect in the US/Zn/PS system and the optimum degradation conditions was investigated by batch experiments. The variations of pH and concentrations of Zn2+ and SO42- over time and the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total organic carbon (TOC) in different systems were analyzed, which agreed well with the degradation pattern of NB in different systems. The formation of free radicals was measured using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to further investigate the possible mechanism of the enhanced degradation of NB by Zn-0-activated PS in the presence of low frequency US. (C) 2017 Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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