Proficient Photocatalytic and Sonocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants Using CuO Nanoparticles

Table 2

Pseudo-first-order kinetics rate constants for the degradation of VB and DR under both sources of energy and for different concentration.

Dyes	Dye concentration	Sonocatalysis (min^-1)	Photocatalysis (min^-1)	sonocatalysis	photocatalysis
Victoria Blue (VB)	M	0.43209	0.09861	0.99992	0.99952
	M	0.36536	0.07314	0.99975	0.99965
	M	0.28177	.05255	0.99988	0.99933
Direct Red (DR)	M	0.3656	0.10587	0.9985	0.99888
	M	0.27036	0.09159	0.99925	0.99962
	M	0.24064	0.08172	0.99915	0.99811