The kinetics of the oxidative decolorization of amaranth with KBrO3 acidified by H2SO4 was followed up by monitoring the decrease of the absorbance of amaranth at max = 520 nm. The reaction was carried out under pseudo-first-order conditions. The concentration of BrO3 was ca 300 greater than that of amaranth. The rate of reaction increased with increasing concentration of H2SO4 and BrO3, while...

Rice straw is a renewable, cheap, and abundant waste in tropical countries. The pentose content of rice straw can be used as a substrate for many types of value-added products such as xylitol and biofuel. Dilute acid hydrolysis mainly releases pentose from rice straw. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of H2SO4 concentration and reaction time on the xylose production. The va...

Recent works suggest that the use of ionic liquids in copper solvent extraction industry is feasible. However, reports did not real solutions (or synthetic with various elements). This fact remains poorly established, and interaction efficiencies are still under study. The objective this research to explore stripping four major elements present a industrial pregnant leach solution (Cu(II), Fe(I...

The electroreduction of the pertechnetate ions has been examined in sulfuric acid solutions (0.5-4 M) using optically transparent thin layer spectroelectrochemical (RVC-OTTLE) cell. Soluble Tc(III), TcO2+ and [Tc(μ-O)2Tc]3+/4+ species with absorption bands at 420-450, 400, and 502 nm, respectively, were found to be formed during the reduction of TcO4- ions. The strongly acidic medium was found ...

Characteristics of nanosized Pt electro-catalyst deposited on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were studied with CO-stripping voltammogram and chronoamperometry measurements. The CNTs were pretreated by oxidation in HNO3, mixed HNO3 + H2SO4 and H2SO4 + K2Cr2O7 solution, respectively, to enable surface modification. Well-homogenized Pt particles (average size: 3 nm) were loaded onto the pretreated CNT sa...