J. of Nuclear Sci. and Tech.

No. 50, pp. 68-73, 2010

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( AR151) ( RB5) :
. 9 6 3 1 100ppm .
. pH
. RB5
9kGy 1kGy AR151 RB5 .
1kGy 5mmol/L RB5 .
. pH . %99/78

Electron Beam Process for Decoloration of Reactive and Acid Dyes in

Aqueous Solution in Presence of H2O2
M.R. Parsaeian*1, F. Anvari1, M. Kheirkhah1, A.M. Haji Shabani2, A. Behjat3, M. Tabasi1
1- Radiation Application Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, P.O. Box: 89175-389, Yazd-Iran
2- Department of Chemistry, University of Yazd, P.O.Box: 89178-741, Yazd - Iran
3- Department of Physics, University of Yazd, P.O.Box: 89178-741, Yazd - Iran

Abstract: In this study, degradation and decoloration of reactive and acid commercial dyes (C.I.
Reactive Black 5 and C.I. Acid Red 151) in water under the irradiation with electron beams were
investigated. Both dyes in aqueous solutions with the concentration of 100 ppm were irradiated at
different doses of 1, 3, 6 and 9 kGy. The changes of the absorption spectra, degree of decoloration, pH,
and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were analyzed. In addition to the influence of the absorbed dose the
hydrogen peroxide additions on RB5 dye are discussed. The experimental results show that the reactive
and acid dyes in aqueous solutions can be effectively degradiated by irradiation with the electron beam.
The absorption bands for RB5 and AR151 decreased rapidly at 1kGy irradiation dose and disappeared
almost completely at 9kGy. Also the degree of decoloration of RB5 solution at 1kGy dose and with the
concentrations of H2O2 up to 5mmol/L was higher than 99.78%. Due to the production of organic and
inorganic acidic anions the pH decreased during the irradiation.

Keywords: Electron Beams, Reactive and Acid Dyes, Decoloration and Decomposition, H2O2

*email: parsaeian@yrpc.ir

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600

700

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E: 9 kGy

500

300

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)(nm

20
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E: 9 kGy

1.5

3
2

RB5
RB5

RB5+H
RB5,5mmol/L
H2O 2
)2O2 (5m mol/L

600

700

500

400

200

300

10

)(nm

4
6
)Absorbed dose (kGy

pH

0
2

-3 AR151 6 3 1

-7 pH RB5

9.

100
80

40
RB5
RB5

20

RB5+H
RB5,5mmol/LH2O
2O2 (5m mol/L) 2

4
6
8
)Absorbed dose (kGy

10

0
2

6
5
4
3
2

AR151
AR151
AR151+H
)2O2 (5m mol/L
AR151,5mmol/L
H2O 2
10

4
6
8
)Absorbed dose (kGy

pH

60

)Degree of decoloration (%

120

8
7

1
0
2

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80
60
40
20

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10

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)Absorbed dose (kGy

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)(%) (%
Degree
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) .(9

1- COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand

2- Micro Organisms

4 RB5

3- Azo Dyes
4- AOP: Advanced Oxidation Process

5- Aqueous Electron

6- G Value

7- RB5: C.I. Reactive Black 5

8- AR151: C.I. Acid Red 151

9- Azo Chromophore

100
90
80
RB5
70
10

4
6
H O
H2O2l/L
)(mmol/L

)( ) (%
Degree of decoloration

110

-9 RB5
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