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Degradation of Brilliant Blue by Heterogeneous Fenton and UV-Fenton Processes

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Iron-modified zeolitic tuff (Ze-Fe) and a composite (Ze-Fe(Fe-Cu)) in the presence of H2O2 with and without UV light were investigated for the removal of brilliant blue. The composite was synthesized from the ferric modified zeolitic tuff and reduction in-situ of Fe and Cu via sodium borohydride. The parameters considered in this study were pH, dose of H2O2, contact time, and initial concentration of brilliant blue. The kinetic results from Fenton and photo-Fenton processes were best adjusted to the second-order model. The degradation efficiencies were 98.8% for Ze-Fe and 95.94% for Ze-Fe(Fe-Cu) composite. The Ze-Fe(Fe-Cu) composite showed a higher degradation rate than Ze-Fe, since the equilibrium was reached for the composite in about 20 h and for the modified zeolite (Ze-Fe) in about 50 h. The adsorption capacities at equilibrium were 0.99 and 0.96 mg/g for Ze-Fe and Ze-Fe(Fe-Cu), respectively. The isotherm data of the adsorption of brilliant blue by both materials were best fitted to the Freundlich model, which indicates that the adsorption is carried out on heterogeneous surfaces.

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This research was funded by the CONACYT, project 254665 and scholarship grant 554061, granted to S. Pinedo-Hernández.

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  1. Facultad de Química, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Colón y Tollocan S/N, Estado de México, C.P, 50180, TolucaMexico, Mexico

    S. Pinedo-Hernández, V. Sánchez-Mendieta & E. Gutiérrez-Segura

  2. Centro Conjunto de Investigación en Química Sustentable, UAEM-UNAM, Carretera Toluca-Ixtlahuaca Km. 14.5, Tlachaloya, Toluca, Estado de México, México

    V. Sánchez-Mendieta

  3. Departamento de Química, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Carretera México-Toluca S/N La Marquesa, Ocoyoacac, C.P, 52750, México

    M. Solache-Ríos

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Pinedo-Hernández, S., Sánchez-Mendieta, V., Solache-Ríos, M. et al. Degradation of Brilliant Blue by Heterogeneous Fenton and UV-Fenton Processes. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 264 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05722-6

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