Green synthesis of iron nanoparticles and their application as a Fenton-like catalyst for the degradation of aqueous cationic and anionic dyes
Talal Shahwan,S. Abu Sirriah,Muath Nairat,Ezel Boyacı,Ahmet E. Eroğlu,Thomas Bligh Scott,Keith R Hallam +6 more
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In this article, green tea leaves (GT-Fe NPs) were used as a Fenton-like catalyst for decolorization of aqueous solutions containing methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) dyes.About:
This article is published in Chemical Engineering Journal.The article was published on 2011-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 659 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Iron oxide & Aqueous solution.read more
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Table 1 Rate constants obtained from linear regression analysis of the data of dye removal. 
Fig. 7. Linear plots of the kinetic data: (a) first order plot for MB, (b) secon 
Table 2 The percentage removal of MB and MO at different initial concentrations when GT-Fe NPs are used as a Fenton-like catalyst. Cl stands for the equilibrium liquid concentration. 
Fig. 8. (a) SEM image, and (b) EDX spectrum of BH-Fe NPs. 
Fig. 3. A typical XRD pattern of GT-Fe NPs. 
Fig. 2. (a and b) TEM images, and (c) EDX spectrum, of GT-Fe NPs.
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