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Treatment of MTBE using fenton's reagent
Author(s) -
Ray Asim B.,
Selvakumar Ariamalar
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.3440100303
Subject(s) - reagent , methyl tert butyl ether , chemistry , isobutylene , acetone , alcohol , propene , stoichiometry , ether , formate , mineralization (soil science) , organic chemistry , environmental chemistry , nuclear chemistry , catalysis , nitrogen , copolymer , polymer
This article addresses the removal of methyl tertiary‐butyl ether (MTBE) from water, using Fenton's Reagent. Although complete mineralization of MTBE by Fenton's Reagent was not achieved, greater than 99 percent destruction of MTBE was realized. This was accomplished at a Fe +2 :H 2 O 2 ratio of 1:1 and 1 hour of contact time. In all tests, twice the stoichiometric ratio of H 2 O 2 to MTBE was used. The major by‐products were tertiary‐butyl alcohol, tertiary‐butyl formate, and acetone with traces of 2‐methyl‐1‐propene (isobutylene). While small quantities of O 2 evolved, no significant quantity of CO 2 gas was detected.