Hydroxylamine enhanced Fe3O4/H2O2system for removing tartrazine

In recent years, dye wastewater caused serious effects on environmental ecology and human health. Thus, in the present study, hydroxylamine (HA) was used to improve the Fe3O4/H2O2process for removing the typical dye pollutant (tartrazine). Only 2.8% tartrazine could be removed in Fe3O4/H2O2system within 60 min at the reaction of 1 g/L Fe3O4, 1 mM H2O2, and pH 4 while 97.5% tartrazine could be removed within 20 min after adding 1 mM HA into the Fe3O4/H2O2system. Compared with Fe3O4/H2O2system, the removal rate for removing tartrazine in Fe3O4-HA/H2O2system could enhance more than 100 times. Electron paramagnetic resonance tests (EPR), radical quenching experiments and quantitative determination demonstrated that •OH was the major reactive species for removing tartrazine in Fe3O4-HA/H2O2system and •OH produced concentration in Fe3O4-HA/H2O2system was also much higher than that in Fe3O4/H2O2system. The key factors affecting tartrazine removal in Fe3O4-HA/H2O2system were also conducted. The optimal HA dosage, Fe3O4dosage, and H2O2dosage was 1 mM, 1 g/L and 1 mM. The optimal initial pH in Fe3O4-HA/H2O2system was 3, but compared with Fe3O4/H2O2system, the tatrazine removal efficiency could significantly improve under any initial pH condition. Fe3O4-HA/H2O2process had strong adaptability to inorganic ions and good applicability to different pollutants. Fe3O4-HA/H2O2process also exhibited good recycle ability for tartrazine removal. Overall, Fe3O4-HA/H2O2process is an effective and good practical applicability approach for dye wastewater treatment.