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. 2014 Feb 24;12:49. doi: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-49

Table 1.

Effect of pH, temperature and copper concentration on decolorization (initial dye concentration; 50 mg/L)

T°C % Decolorization
26 95.1 ± 0.6
30 21.4 ± 2.3
35 0.04 ± 0.04
 
Cu 2+ (mM) % Decolorization
0 79.7 ± 2.2
0.1 84.3 ± 3.6
1.0 51.2 ± 1.3
2.0 49.6 ± 1.1
pH % Decolorization 5.5 99.2 ± 0.6 6 81.3 ± 1.2 6.5 68.7 ± 2.4 7 11.4 ± 1.7