Liquid metal assisted sonocatalytic degradation of organic azo dyes to solid carbon particles
Olawale Oloye, James D. Riches, Anthony P. O’Mullane
Abstract
Room temperature liquid metals based on gallium can be used as a sonochemical catalyst to degrade organic azo dyes into harmless carbon particles with different sizes. The liquid metal is recoverable after each cycle and therefore reuseable.
Topics & Concepts
Degradation (telecommunications)Carbon fibersCatalysisMetalGalliumChemical engineeringMaterials scienceChemistryOrganic chemistryMetallurgyComposite materialTelecommunicationsEngineeringComputer scienceComposite numberUltrasound and Cavitation PhenomenaNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques