Table 5. The treatment efficiency (%) of dye compounds present in diluted textile wastewater from the mat weaving industry, treated using the 5-CuH catalyst and 30% H2O2 under visible light irradiationa.
| Time (min) | The treatment efficiency of dyes in wastewater for sample 5-CuH (%) at different pH levels | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH = 3.06 | pH = 4.06 (initial) | pH = 5.5 | pH = 6.5 | |||||
| Abs | H% | Abs | H% | Abs | H% | Abs | H% | |
| 0 | 1.715 | 0 | 1.715 | 0 | 1.715 | 0 | 1.715 | 0 |
| 150 ad | 1.568 | 8.6 | 0.904 | 47.3 | 0.878 | 48.8 | 1.339 | 21.9 |
| 180 | 0.6 | 65.0 | 0.535 | 68.8 | 0.572 | 66.6 | 0.504 | 70.6 |
| 210 | 0.577 | 66.4 | 0.487 | 71.6 | 0.234 | 86.4 | 0.145 | 91.5 |
| 270 | 0.036 | 97.9 | 0.0474 | 97.2 | 0.0301 | 98.2 | 0.0361 | 97.9 |
| 330 | 0.0126 | 99.3 | 0.0226 | 98.7 | 0.0159 | 99.1 | 0.0431 | 97.5 |
| 390 | 0.0107 | 99.4 | 0.0191 | 98.9 | 0.0281 | 98.4 | 0.023 | 98.7 |
| 450 | 0.0113 | 99.3 | 0.0139 | 99.2 | 0.0174 | 99.0 | 0.0264 | 98.5 |
| 510 | 0.0047 | 99.7 | 0.0162 | 99.1 | 0.0173 | 99.0 | 0.0289 | 98.3 |
| 570 | 0.0056 | 99.7 | 0.0126 | 99.3 | 0.018 | 99.0 | 0.033 | 98.1 |
| 630 | 0.0074 | 99.6 | 0.0166 | 99.0 | 0.0195 | 98.9 | 0.0383 | 97.8 |
ad: adsorption; pH (initial): pH value of the original (untreated) dye wastewater.