TABLE 2.

UV-VIS and IP-HPLC^a data for ultrasound treatment^b

Dye	Dye concn and degradation rate withc:
	UV-VIS	IP-HPLC
Acid Orange 5	54 μM; −1.6 ± 0.2d	−1.21 ± 0.43
Acid Orange 52	100 μM; −0.67 ± 0.07d	−1.66 ± 0.03
	300 μM; −75 ± 2e
Direct Blue 71	100 μM; −24 ± 6e	−0.30 ± 0.11
Reactive Black 5H	550 μM; −46 ± 4e	−0.36 ± 0.05
Reactive Orange 16H		−0.44 ± 0.08
Reactive Orange 107H		−0.69 ± 0.43

^ac₀ = 100 μM.

^bP = 90 W.

^ck value; *, n = 3 (average ± SE).

^dFirst order (h⁻¹).

^eZero order (μM h⁻¹).