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A Modified Method Of High Molecular Weight Adsorbable Organic Chlorine Measurement In Saline Water: Dialysis Pretreatment, Jiajian Liu, Li Ling, Yi Li, Chao Wang, Chii Shang May 2018

A Modified Method Of High Molecular Weight Adsorbable Organic Chlorine Measurement In Saline Water: Dialysis Pretreatment, Jiajian Liu, Li Ling, Yi Li, Chao Wang, Chii Shang

Faculty of Science & Technology (THEi)

Adsorbable organic halogen is a mean to quantify total organic halogen, which is an important toxicity indicator in disinfection byproduct studies. However, quantification of low concentrations of adsorbable organic chlorine (AOCl) formation in seawater chlorination using the USEPAMethod 9020Bwas found inaccurate due to the presence of high concentrations of chloride. In this study, a dialysis-based pretreatment techniquewas proposed, optimized and adopted to eliminate the interference of chloride in quantifying low concentrations of AOCl inseawater. A volumetric ratio of dialysis samples to continuous-flow deionized water at 1:1200 was found sufficient to remove over 99% of chloride. As a result, chloride to …


Making Marble Powder Waste Profitable By Using Nano-Tio2 Surface Modification For Air Quality Improvement Applications, Yaxiong Ji, Xing Rong, Hong Zhong, Yuanhao Wang, Shifeng Wang, Lin Lu Jan 2017

Making Marble Powder Waste Profitable By Using Nano-Tio2 Surface Modification For Air Quality Improvement Applications, Yaxiong Ji, Xing Rong, Hong Zhong, Yuanhao Wang, Shifeng Wang, Lin Lu

Faculty of Science & Technology (THEi)

We report a brand new recycling route of waste marble powder, by means of surface modification with homemade nano-TiO2 particles to produce low cost coating materials for the application in air quality improvement. The as-prepared nano-TiO2 in anatase phase exhibits excellent photocatalytic characteristic, reflected by the high degradation rate of over 95% of methylene blue within 6 hours of UV irradiation. The prepared coating consisting of nano-TiO2 clad marble powder was tested by monitoring the decomposition rate of formaldehyde gas. A high degradation efficiency of about 95% within 9 hours of illumination is achieved, demonstrating a promising potential for removing …