Degradation Effect and Mechanism of Dinitrotoluene Wastewater by Magnetic Nano-Fe 3 O 4 /H 2 O 2 Fenton-like.

The characteristics and influencing factors for dinitrotoluene degradation by nano-Fe3O4-H2O2were studied, and the nano-scale Fe3O4catalyst was prepared by the coprecipitation method, with dinitrotoluene wastewater as the degradation object. The results showed that the catalytic reaction system within the pH value range of 1 to 9 could effectively degrade dinitrotoluene, and the optimal pH value was 3; with the increase of catalyst dosage, the degradation efficiency and the catalytic reaction rate of dinitrotoluene grew as well. The optimal catalyst dosage was 1.0 g/L when the H2O2dosage was within the range of 0 to 0.8 mL/L; the degradation efficiency and reaction rate grew with the increase of H2O2dosage. With further increase of H2O2dosage, degradation efficiency and reaction rate decreased; under the best conditions with the H2O2dosage of 0.8 mL/L, the catalyst concentration of 1 g/L and the pH value of 3 at room temperature (25 °C), the degradation rate of the 100-mg/L dinitrotoluene in 120 min reached 97.6%. Through the use of the probe compounds n-butyl alcohol and benzoquinone, it was proved that the oxidation activity species in the nano-Fe3O4-H2O2catalytic system were mainly hydroxyl radical (•OH) and superoxide radicals (HO2 •), based on which, the reaction mechanism was hypothesized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]