Degradation of Diazo Dye by Acetone Process in Aqueous Solution

Abstract

This work explores and elucidates the effect of acetone at 254 nm to eliminate Evans blue (abbreviated as EB) diazo dye with relation to various operating parameters, i.e. acetone concentrations, solution pH and adding of external gases such as: N₂. For the first time, on the influence of acetone concentration.It was found that The EB degradation rate increased with increasing acetone concentration and near complete removal of EB was achieved at acetone concentration of 100 mM and reaction time of 60 min. whereas only 19.5% of removal was achieved under UV alone.  One observes that sodium nitrite inhibit the elimination of the dye in the acetone /UV system.Thus, these results confirm that methyl radical was probably the main species responsible for the efficient degradation of EB. The solution pH in the interval 3-9 has a minor effect on removal rate of EB. Whereas, at extremely high pH of 11 the enhancement of removal rate of EB was observed.. It is possible to conclude that Acetone is a good photosensitized material; the presence of it can completely decolorize EB solutions.