Abstract In this work, we used the design strategy “doped nonpolar polymers” and synthesized polyurethane elastomers (PUEs) by doping with highly polar aromatic molecules such as benzoic acid (BA), 4(para)-nitro-benzoic (PNBA), 3, 5-di-nitro-benzoic (3, 5-DNBA) using solution casting method. The effect of each molecule in three different weight percentages 2%, 4%, 6% on electrical thermo-mechan...

Plant peroxidases have strong potential utility for decontamination of phenol-polluted wastewater. However, large-scale use of these enzymes for phenol depollution requires a source of cheap, abundant, and easily accessible peroxidase-containing material. In this study, we show that potato pulp, a waste product of the starch industry, contains large amounts of active peroxidases. We demonstrate...

Nitro compounds are an important class of organic molecules with broad application in synthesis, medicinal chemistry, and materials science. Among the variety methodologies available for their direct oxidation primary amines represents attractive alternative route. Efforts towards development oxidative procedures synthesis nitro derivatives have spanned over past decades, leading to a wide prot...

The anaerobic metabolism of phenol in the beta-proteobacterium Thauera aromatica proceeds via para-carboxylation of phenol (biological Kolbe-Schmitt carboxylation). In the first step, phenol is converted to phenylphosphate which is then carboxylated to 4-hydroxybenzoate in the second step. Phenylphosphate formation is catalyzed by the novel enzyme phenylphosphate synthase, which was studied. Ph...

Background & Aims of the Study: One of the most carcinogenic and toxic pollutants is p-Nitro Cresol. In this study, the degradation and mineralization of p-Nitro Cresol in aqueous solution were investigated by Fenton process in a batch reactor. Materials & Methods: This study is an experimental research on a laboratory scale. The study executed on synthetic wastewater hav...

Plants contain several active ingredients which are medicinal and can be therapeutic in nature. Phytochemicals present plant helps prevent diseases organisms by triggering host defense against disease. belong to different functional groups known have anti-oxidant antimicrobial activities capable of effects human beings. The plants selected for the study include leaves pawpaw (Carica papaya), gu...

Phenol is one of the organic pollutants in various industrial wastewaters especially petrochemical and oil refining. Biological treatment is one of the considerable choices for removing of phenol present in these wastewaters. Identification of effective microbial species is considered as one of the important priorities for production of the biomass in order to achieve desirable kinetic of biolo...

The effect of phenol on the biological treatment of wastewaters from a resin producing industry was analyzed in a pre-denitrification system. First, the effect of phenol overloads on the removal of organic matter and nitrogen compounds was studied. During the overloads (from 250 to 4000 mg/L), phenol was detected in the effluent of the anoxic reactor but the system recovered fast after stopping...