Synergistic effect of dark and photoreactions on the removal and photo-decolorization of azo carmosine dye (E122) as food dye using Rutile- TiO2 suspension

Abstract

Dark and photoreactions have been employed to handle the various hazardous organic water contaminants as Synergistic technologies. The removal (dark reaction) and the photo-decolorization ( photoreaction) of azo carmosine dye (E122) as a food dye in an aqueous solution using Rutile- TiO2 and UV-A light were investigated in this work. Various parameters such as oxidant agents and temperature were determined. In dark reaction, the adsorption capacity and percentage of carmoisine dye removal elevated with the depressing of the temperature. This dark reaction of carmoisne dye is exothermic, physical adsorption, less random, non-spontaneous, and quick response with low activation energy. The maximum value removal % is reached to 86 % when addition mixing of Fe(II) and H2O2 to dye solution. In photoreaction, the same oxidant agents were applied in the dye solution and found the reaction is a pseudo-first-order kinetic, exothermic reaction, fast (low activation energies), less random, and spontaneous. The maximum percentage of decolorization with the addition of mixing of Fe(II) and H2O2 equal to 64.28% at 30 min.