Textile wastewater contains a number of dyes which are known to be toxic and carcinogenic. In this study the results show that the Fenton (Fe2+/H2O2) process is an efficient method for the removal of Acid Brown 14 (A.BR14) and Cationic Blue 41 (C.B41) dyes from textile wastewater. In this method, two reagents Fe2+and H2O2 are used and do not require any additional energy. Several experiment...

A new type of sulfite oxidase which utilizes ferric ion (Fe3+) as an electron acceptor was found in iron-grown Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. It was localized in the plasma membrane of the bacterium and had a pH optimum at 6.0. Under aerobic conditions, 1 mol of sulfite was oxidized by the enzyme to produce 1 mol of sulfate. Under anaerobic conditions in the presence of Fe3+, sulfite was oxidized b...

The combination of surfactant enhanced soil washing and degradation of nitrobenzene (NB) in effluent with persulfate was investigated to remediate NB contaminated soil. Aqueous solution of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS, 24.0 mmol L-1) was used at a given mass ratio of solution to soil (20:1) to extract NB contaminated soil (47.3 mg kg-1), resulting in NB desorption removal efficient of 7...

A sulfur:ferric ion oxidoreductase that utilizes ferric ion (Fe3+) as an electron acceptor of elemental sulfur was purified from iron-grown Thiobacillus ferrooxidans to an electrophoretically homogeneous state. Under anaerobic conditions in the presence of Fe3+, the enzyme reduced 4 mol of Fe3+ with 1 mol of elemental sulfur to give 4 mol of Fe2+ and 1 mol of sulfite, indicating that it corresp...

Iron-reducing and oxidizing microorganisms gain energy through reduction or oxidation of iron, and by doing so play an important role in the geochemical cycling of iron. This study was undertaken to investigate mineral transformations associated with microbial reduction of Fe3+ and oxidation of Fe2+ in solid minerals. A fluid sample from the 2450 m depth of the Chinese Continental Scientific Dr...

Advances in the seeded ambient temperature ferrite process for treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) are described. Magnetite formation requires that the oxidation rate of ferrous to ferric does not exceed the rate at which ferrous iron is incorporated into the crystal structure (dehydroxylation-crystallization). If the oxidation rate is too high, then ferric-only oxides form, an effect exacerb...

After lithiation of PYR-H2 (PYR = [(NC(Me)C(H)C(Me)NC6H3(iPr)2)2(C5H3N)](2-)) - the precursor of an expanded β-diketiminato ligand system with two binding pockets - with KN(TMS)2 the reaction of the resulting potassium salt with FeBr2 led to a dinuclear iron(ii) bromide complex [(PYR)Fe(μ-Br)2Fe] (1). Through treatment with KHBEt3 the bromide ligands could be replaced by hydrides to yield [PYR)...

We have compared the magnetic resonance properties and pH dependence of wild-type and mutant Fe-containing superoxide dismutase (Fe-SOD) in which the conserved active site tyrosine (Tyr 34) is replaced by phenylalanine. The EPR spectrum of the oxidized state and the NMR spectrum of the paramagnetically shifted resonances of the reduced state indicate that in both states the active site is relat...

In this study, the Fenton process was applied for the degradation of carbofuran from aqueous system. Batch experiments were conducted at two different carbofuran concentrations i.e., 10 and 50 mg/L, and at pH 3. Batch experiments at each carbofuran concentration were designed by central composite design (CCD) with two independent variables i.e. Fe2+ and H2O2. Experimental results indicate that ...

1. Isopenicillin N synthetase (IPNS) from Cephalosporium acremonium, which requires Fe2+ and O2 for activity, was highly purified for studies of factors affecting its conversion of delta-(L-alpha-aminoadipoyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-valine (LLD-ACV) into isopenicillin N (IPN). EDTA was used to quench the reaction by removal of Fe2+. 2. IPNS was inactivated during the course of the conversion of LLD-ACV ...