• Application of mechanically alloyed MnAl particles to de-colorization of azo dyes 

      Abolighasemabadi, Mitra; Mbarek Wael, Ben; Casabella, Oriol; Roca Bisbe, Helena; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Escoda, Lluïsa; Suñol, Joan J. (2018-04-15)
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      The use of metallic particles has been shown to be an effective, low-cost method for degradation of many contaminating compounds. In this work, we analyze the efficiency of MnAl metallic powders for degrading azo dyes, ...
    • Azo-dye degradation by Mn–Al powders 

      Abolighasemabadi, Mitra; Mbarek Wael, Ben; Cerrillo Gil, Andrea; Roca Bisbe, Helena; Casabella, Oriol; Blánquez, Paqui; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Escoda, Lluïsa; Suñol Martinez, Juan Jose (2020-03-15)
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      Manganese–Aluminum powders were recently reported to show high efficiency and fast reaction rates as decolorization materials for azo-dye aqueous solutions. This work presents a detailed study of different aspects of this ...
    • Dealloying of Cu-Mg-Ca alloys 

      Mbarek Wael, Ben; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Escoda, Lluïsa; Suñol Martinez, Juan Jose; Khitouni, Mohamed (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2018-11-08)
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      The chemical dealloying of Cu-Mg-Ca alloys in free corrosion conditions was investigated for different alloy compositions and different leaching solutions. For some of the precursor alloys, a continuous, pure fcc copper ...
    • Degradation of azo dyes by rapidly solidified metallic particles 

      Mbarek Wael, Ben; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Khitouni, Mohamed; Fiol Santalo, Núria; Escoda, Lluïsa; Suñol Martinez, Juan Jose (2015)
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      Azo compounds are one of the most common families of dyes used in textile and leather treatments. An important step during the treatment of water polluted by these compounds, is the degradation of the compounds by ...
    • Effects of the Addition of Fe, Co on the azo dye degradation ability of Mn-Al mechanically alloyed powders 

      Mbarek Wael, Ben; Saurina Canals, Joan; Escoda, Lluïsa; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Khitouni, Mohamed; Suñol, Joan Josep (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-11-25)
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      Azo compounds are used in the textile and leather industry. A significant step during the azo dyes treatment of water is the degradation by breaking the N=N bonds. This break produces the decolorization of water. In this ...
    • High efficiency decolorization of azo dye Reactive Black 5 by Ca-Al particles 

      Mbarek Wael, Ben; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Escoda, Lluïsa; Suñol Martinez, Juan Jose; Khitouni, Mohamed (2017-12-01)
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      This work studies the degradation of azo dye Reactive Black 5 by Ca-Al metallic particles prepared by melt-spinning and ball-milling. The morphology and the phase structure of the metallic powders were characterized and ...
    • Rapid degradation of azo-dye using Mn-Al powders produced by ball-milling 

      Mbarek Wael, Ben; Azabou, M.; Pineda Soler, Eloi; Fiol Santalo, Núria; Escoda, Lluïsa; Suñol Martinez, Juan Jose; Khitouni, Mohamed (2017-01-01)
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      This study was conducted on the reduction reaction of the azo dye Reactive Black 5 by means of the Mn85Al15 particles prepared by melt-spinning and ball-milling processes. The morphology, the surface elementary composition ...