Direct degradation of Bisphenol A from aqueous solution by active red mud in aerobic environment.

As industrial waste from aluminum production, red mud (RM) poses a severe threat to the local environment that needs to be appropriately utilized. The activation of iron oxide, which is abundant in RM, improves its effectiveness as a catalytic material for the degradation of organic pollutants. This study developed a novel activation approach by adding dithionite citrate bicarbonate (DCB) for Bisphenol A (BPA) degradation under aeration conditions. Electrochemical experiments and reactive oxygen species (ROSs) trapping experiments showed that DCB treatment enhanced the redox cycle of Fe(II)/Fe(III), which promoted free radical generation. The optimized condition for the RM activation was achieved at 21 mmol/L dithionites, 84 mmol/L citrates, and 34 mmol/L bicarbonate, and the degradation of BPA by activated RM reached 410 µg BPA per gram of RM. This work provided a feasible way to utilize RM resources as an efficient, low-cost catalyst for organic pollutants treatment. © 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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Zhicheng Chen, Xinhong Qiu, Jun Ke, Junwei Wen, Chen Wu, Qianqian Yu. Direct degradation of Bisphenol A from aqueous solution by active red mud in aerobic environment. Environmental science and pollution research international. 2023 Jul;30(31):77063-77076

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