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Publication history: Received June 10, 2014
Accepted September 30, 2015

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Stabilization of hydrogen peroxide using tartaric acids in Fenton and fenton-like oxidation

Hyung Suk Oh Jeong-Jin Kim¹ Young-Hun Kim^2†

Department of Applied Chemistry, Andong National University, Andong, Gyeongbuk 36729, Korea ¹Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Andong National University, Andong, Gyeongbuk 36729, Korea ²Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Andong National University, Andong, Gyeongbuk 36729, Korea

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, March 2016, 33(3), 885-892(8), 10.1007/s11814-015-0204-x

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Abstract

The stabilization of hydrogen peroxide is a key factor in the efficiency of a Fenton reaction. The stability of hydrogen peroxide was evaluated in a Fenton reaction and Fenton-like reactions in the presence of tartaric acid as a stabilizer. The interactions between ferrous or ferric iron and tartaric acid were observed through spectroscopic monitoring at variable pH around pKa1 and pKa2 of the stabilizer. Ferric iron had a strong interaction with the stabilizer, and the strong interaction was dominant above pKa2. At a low pH, below pKa1, the stabilizing effect was at its maximum and the prolonged life-time of hydrogen peroxide gave a higher efficiency to the oxidative degradation of nitrobenzene. In Fenton-like reactions with hematite, the acidic conditions caused dissolution of iron from an iron oxide, and an increase in iron species was the result. Tartaric acid showed a stabilizing effect on hydrogen peroxide in the Fentonlike system. The stabilization by tartaric acid might be due to an inhibition of catalytic activity of dissolved iron, and the stabilization strongly depends on the ionization state of the stabilizer.

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Fenton Oxidation Fenton-like Reactions Stabilization Hydrogen Peroxide Life-time Tartaric Acid

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