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AAbstract | Background: Tartrazine (Ta) and sunset yellow (SY) are synthetic food colors used most extensively as
food additives, to improve the appearance, color, and texture of foods. When added in excess, however,
these synthetic food colors can be pathogenic. Therefore, it is important to develop effective methods for
removing these synthetic colors from aqueous media. Different methods were applied for this purpose,
and among these methods, chemical reduction by a cheap and eco-friendly nanocatalyst is the most
efficient and simplest method. |
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متن مقاله | Methods: Nanozero-valent iron (nZVI) based trimetallic nanoparticle supported on bentonite clay as a
new low-cost and eco-friendly nanocatalyst was synthesized [1, 2], characterized and then applied for the
reduction of sunset yellow and tartrazine as model dyes from aqueous solutions. The reduction of the
model dyes by this new nanocatalyst was examined using batch technique and all parameters influencing
the reduction procedure were considered.
Results: Central composite design (CCD) was used to model and optimized the reduction procedure.
Both coefficients of determination (R2) and adjusted-R2 obtained from the analysis of variance (ANOVA)
were above 0.9, ensuring a satisfactory adjustment of the model with experimental results. The optimum
conditions for reduced sunset yellow and tartrazine dye are respectively: time= 26.7 and 27 min, pH= 3
and 3, dose of nanocatalyst 3.6 and 4 mg mL-1, initial dyes concentration= 100 and 100 ppm. The
interaction effects of significant parameters were also considered and the results showed that there is no
interaction between the parameters in the case of SY while there are interactions between pHconcentration
and dose-concentration. Under the defined optimum conditions, the kinetic models
parameters were investigated and the results showed the pseudo-second order model has good agreement
with the procedure. Finally, under the defined optimum condition, the proposed nanocatalyst was
successfully applied for dyes reduction from food industrial wastewaters |
نتیجه مقاله | Conclusion: The nanocatalyst for Ta and SY dyes reduction simultaneously from aqueous solution are
reported. The results suggest that the bentonite could e ectively lighten the aggregation of nZVI
trimetallic nanoparticles and enhance their reactivity towards dyes. |