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Effect of pH in Fenton-Like Oxidation

There is a pH effect on the rate of conversion as it is shown in table 2:

Rate of Conversion
pH Value Concentration of H2O2 Reached
2 0.01M 98%
2 0.03M 97%
2 0.07M 97%
2 0.1M 96%
2 0.15M 95%
7 0.01M 95%
7 0.03M 100%
7 0.07M 90.70%
7 0.1M 94.50%
7 0.15M 93.50%
10 0.01M 41%
10 0.03M 38.59%
10 0.07M 39%

Table 2: pH values and rate of conversion reached. The table shows that at lower pH, the rate of
conversion is greater than at highest pH where the rate of conversion was less than 40%. This could
be due to the formation of ferric hydroxide at neutral and alkaline conditions.

There is a positive effect of pH in the concentration of MO in acidic conditions due to the ferric catalyst
activity is not decreased. While at neutral and alkaline conditions the deactivation of the catalyst leads
to the formation of hydroxides that affect the rate of conversion. This can also be seen in the behavior
of absorbance at different pH conditions. The following graphs show the behavior of absorbance
versus time at different pH media.

 Absorbance vs Time (pH=2)
1.4
1.2
1
Absorbance
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Time (s)

0.01M H2O2 0.03M H2O2 0.07M H2O2

0.1M H2O2 0.15M H2O2

Absorbance vs Time (pH=10)

1.4
1.2
1
Absorbance

0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700
Time (s)

0.01M H2O2 0.03M H2O2

0.07MH2O2 Lineal (0.03M H2O2)