2015/10/23 by Amritpal Kaur, Kaur, Amritpal, Rajvir Kaur +3
Environmental Science · #COD reduction #Ecosystem. #Electrochemical degradation #Graphite #Rhodamine B #Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
paper · doi:10.48317/imist.prsm/morjchem-v4i1.3762
openalex publication_date 2015/10/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
The demand of water doubles globally due to rapid increase in population and industrial activities. With the development of dye industries, the dye waste water has become one of the important environmental problem. In order to evaluate the feasibility of removal of basic dye Rhodamine B from aqueous solution, the electrolysis of aqueous solution of dye has been carried out at graphite electrodes. The various parameters, which influence the extent of removal of dye such as, initial dye concentration, amount of supporting electrolyte, current density, electrolysis time, pH and electrode material have been determined. It is concluded that the electrochemical degradation can be used effectively as a pre-treatment alternative for dye removal and COD reduction in aqueous solution before conventional treatment.