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http://dx.doi.org/10.4491/eer.2016.158

Potential degradation of methylene blue (MB) by nano-metallic particles: A kinetic study and possible mechanism of MB degradation  

Singh, Jiwan (Department of Environmental Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University)
Chang, Yoon-Young (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Koduru, Janardhan Reddy (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Yang, Jae-Kyu (Ingenium College of Liberal Arts, Kwangwoon University)
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Environmental Engineering Research / v.23, no.1, 2018 , pp. 1-9 More about this Journal
Abstract
The degradation of methylene blue (MB) in an aqueous solution by nano-metallic particles (NMPs) was studied to evaluate the possibility of applying NMPs to remove MB from the wastewater. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) were used to characterize the synthesized NMPs before and after the reaction. The effects of the NMP dosage, the initial pH, the initial concentration of MB and the amount of $H_2O_2$ on the MB degradation outcomes were studied. The highest removal rate of MB was achieved to be 100% with an initial MB concentration of 5 mg/L, followed by 99.6% with an initial concentration of 10 mg/L under the following treatment conditions: dose of NMP of 0.15 g/L, concentration of $H_2O_2-100mM$ and a temperature of $25^{\circ}C$. The SEM analysis revealed that the nano particles were not spherical in shape. FTIR spectra shows occurrence of metal oxides on the surfaces of the NMPs. The XPS analyses results represent that Fe, Zn, N, Ca, C and O were occurred on the surfaces of the NMPs. The degradation of MB was suitable for the pseudo-first-order kinetics.
Keywords
Degradation; Kinetics; MB; Mechanism; NMPs; SEM;
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