Title of the project:
Synthesis and applications of ferrate ion
Project leader:
Ramiro Escalera Vásquez, PhD
Email: rescalera@upb.edu
Researchers:
Pablo Pérez García, PhD
Uli Hosse Pastor, Ing.
Summary:
Chemical compounds with a highly oxidizing potential are useful in different fields of chemical synthesis, analytical chemistry and environmental engineering. The ferrate ion has an oxidation potential greater than other oxidizing chemical species such as ozone and chlorine. In comparison with the latter, the ferrate ion has advantages in the water disinfection process since it does not produce organochlorine compounds in the presence of organic matter and has a flocculant action after the disinfection process. The first stage of the project consists of the synthesis of the ion in solution and in solid phase. The second stage is the identification of a quantitative analytical method either by titration or by spectrophotometric analysis to monitor the success of the synthesis. The third stage is the use of the ferrate ion for measuring the antioxidant potential of extracts from vegetables obtained and characterized in the CIF. This stage will be done using DPPH and ABTS reagents. After these three initial stages, the use of ferrate ion, the degradation of dyes and chemical oxygen demand in industrial wastewater from dye industries will be studied. This last application will be made in collaboration with the Industrial Processes Research Center.
References about the project: rescalera@upb.edu