Pengaruh Pengadukan pada Degradasi Asam Humat Menggunakan Reaktor Mobile Heksagonal

Fauzan Yan Hawari
Rahadian Zainul (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Syamsi Aini (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Umar Kalmar Nizar (Universitas Negeri Padang)

Jurnal Periodic Jurusan Kimia UNP
Vol 11, No 2 (2022): PERIODIC

Humic acid is a heterogeneous organic compound that is toxic, mutagenic and carcinogenic. This study goals to degrade humic acid using the photocatalytic method. The photocatalyst used for degradation is nano ZnO doped Cu 7%. The degradation process applies sunlight using a hexagonal mobile reactor and the light intensity is measured using a lightmeter. The degradation was carried out with variation of stirring at 500 rpm and without stirring at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 hours of irradiation. Result of degradation analysed using UV-Vis spectrophotometer. Result obtained the degradation using stirring has a higher percentage of degradation than without stirring. The percentage maximum of degradation obtained in study was 90,09% with 500 rpm stirring at 5 hours irradiation. In this study showed the effect of stirring on humic acid degradation using a hexagonal mobile reactor.