Degradation of Standard Dyes and Textile Wastewater as a Pollutant Model Using Gamma Radiation

A. Sumartono (Centre For Application of Isotopes and Radiation Technology, National Nuclear Energy Agency Cinere Pasar Jum’at PO.Box 7002 JKSKL, Jakarta 12070, Indonesia)

Atom Indonesia Journal
Vol 34, No 1 (2008): January 2008

A degradation and a decoloration of textile wastewater using ionizing radiation are already applied which some factors influence i.e. original wastewater, pH, pollutant concentration, solubility and variation of polutant. A dyes standard had been treated using ionizing radiation and the mechanism degradation will be discussed. The percentage of the dye degradation about 90-99% at doses of 2-10 kGy. The degradation of textile wastewater using gamma radiation is was carried out at doses of 25 kGy. The combination of irradiation and the addition of coagulant caused the decoloration and the degradation of the textile wastewater.