%0 Journal Article %T DEGRADATION OF NITROBENZENE BY ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS %A L.Q. Trung %A T.V. Chung %J Analele Universitatii Bucuresti : Chimie %D 2009 %I %X The work deals with the degradation of nitrobenzene by advanced catalytic oxidation reagent generated in the system Fe(0)- EDTA-O2- H2O. The obtained results demonstrated that this oxidation process was suitable to degrade nitrobenzene to CO2, H2O and other compounds like low molecular acids. The nitrobenzene degradation was expressed by D= . The effects of initial concentrations of nitrobenzene, EDTA, iron mass and temperature on advanced oxidation process have been studied. In solution of 0.1mM nitrobenzene, 0.1mM EDTA, 10g ¨Ciron mass, oxygen from air, the nitrobenzene conversion at 200C to CO2, H2O and others substances achieved 94%. The D conversion of nitrobenzene in the studied system depends on the ratio of EDTA/iron mass. An expression of reaction rate law based on the decrease of COD has been evaluated. By experimental data, the expression of reaction rate law let¡¯s calculate kinetic parameters. %K degradation of nitrobenzene %K advanced oxidation %K nitrobenze %K oxygen activation %U http://gw-chimie.math.unibuc.ro/anunivch/2009-1/AUBChXVIII12733.pdf