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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 138, Issue 1, Pages 53-59Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.05.034
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ultrasound; ozone; methyl orange; decolorization; kinetics; synergistic
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The combination of ultrasound and ozone for the decolorization of azo dye, methyl orange, was studied. The effect of ultrasonic power, ozone gas flow rate, gaseous ozone concentration, initial dye concentration, pH and hydroxyl radical scavenger on the decolorization of methyl orange was investigated. The results showed that the synergistic effect was achieved by combining ozone with ultrasonic irradiation for the decolorization of methyl orange. The synergistic effect was more significant when the system temperature was raised due to the heat effect of ultrasonic irradiation. The decolorization of methyl orange fits the pseudo first order kinetic model. The decolorization rate increased with the increase of ultrasonic power, ozone gas flow rate, gaseous ozone concentration. However, the decolorization rate decreased with the increasing initial dye concentration. Either pH or sodium carbonate has little effect on the decolorization rate, indicating that the low frequency ultrasound enhanced ozonation process for the decolorization of methyl orange is mainly a direct reaction rather than radical reaction. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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