Chemistry Indonesian Journal of Chemical Research
Vol 3 No 1 (2015): Edisi Bulan Juli (Edition For July)

Photodegradation of Remazol Yellow Using A-Type Zeolite/TiO2

Tumbel, Elsa D. (Unknown)
Wuntu, Audy D. (Unknown)
Abidjulu, Jemmy (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
02 Jul 2015

Abstract

The research aimed to study photodegradation of remazol yellow (RY) using TiO2-impregnated A-type zeolite (zeolite-A/TiO2) has been conducted. The materials having zeolite/TiO2 ratio of 1:0.2, 1:0.4, 1:0.6, 1:0.8, 1:1.0, 1:1.2, dan 1:1.4 g/g were used to degrade remazol yellow (RY) under ultraviolet irradiation for 3 hours and percentages of RY degraded were determined using spectrophotometer at 414 nm. Those with zeolite/TiO2 ratio of 1:0.2, 1:0.8, and 1:1.2 were used to study photodegradation kinetics at time range up to 3 hours. The results showed that the highest amount of RY degraded (82.17%) was attained by the use of material with zeolite/TiO2 ratio of 1:0.2. This material generated the highest value of rate constant (k=0.074 min-1), followed by those of 1:1.2 (0.045 min-1) and 1:0.8 (0.025 min-1).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

Indonesian Journal of Chemical Research (Indones.

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Engineering Environmental Science

Description

Indo. J. Chem. Res. is a journal that regularly publishes primary articles covering all branches of chemistry and its sub-disciplines. Published articles consist of complete research, short communication, and review articles. The scope of published articles is not limited to inorganic chemistry, ...