Application of a Novel Semiconductor Catalyst, CT, in Degradation of Aromatic Pollutants in Wastewater: Phenol and Catechol

Figure 3

Degradation kinetics of (a) phenol: (i) 𝑦=7∗10⁻⁵𝑥−0.0288, 𝑟²=0.9761; (ii) 𝑦=3∗10⁻⁵𝑥+0.0349, 𝑟²=0.9767; (iii) 𝑦=2∗10⁻⁵𝑥+0.0628, 𝑟²=0.9902; and (b) catechol: (i) 𝑦=4∗10⁻⁵𝑥+0.0951, 𝑟²=0.9686; (ii) 𝑦=3∗10⁻⁵𝑥+0.0426, 𝑟²=0.9831; (iii) 𝑦=7∗10⁻⁶𝑥+0.0432, 𝑟²=0.7685.

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