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| Publication date | 31/12/2007 |
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| Host publication | ECS Trancsactions - Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering General Session |
| Publisher | ECS Transactions |
| Pages | 17-27 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Edition | 9 |
| ISBN (print) | 9781604238853 |
| <mark>Original language</mark> | English |
| Event | Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering General Session - 211th ECS Meeting - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: 6/05/2007 → 11/05/2007 |
| Conference | Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering General Session - 211th ECS Meeting |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Chicago, IL |
| Period | 6/05/07 → 11/05/07 |
| Name | ECS Transactions |
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| Number | 9 |
| Volume | 6 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1938-5862 |
| ISSN (electronic) | 1938-6737 |
| Conference | Industrial Electrolysis and Electrochemical Engineering General Session - 211th ECS Meeting |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Chicago, IL |
| Period | 6/05/07 → 11/05/07 |
The treatment of waste water involves, amongst other processes, the removal of heavy metal ion pollutants and/or organic contaminants. As one component of a potential aluminosilicate nanocomposite for water treatment, we have demonstrated the effectiveness of using Maghemite (γ-Fe2O 3) as a photocatalyst for the reduction of the aqueous pollutant chromium(VI) to chromium(III) in the presence of a sacrificial organic reductant. Maghemite has the twin advantages of being a photocatalyst that exhibits strong absorbance in the visible region of the spectrum and of being magnetic, so facilitating post processing solid/liquid separation. During this study, a simple, robust, calibrationless potentiometric technique for monitoring the concentration of chromium(VI) was developed. This method allowed the photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI) to be observed in real-time with no sample pre-treatment.