Degradation of nitro-aromatic explosives using recyclable magnetic photocatalyst: Catalyst synthesis and process optimization.

In this research, degradation of P-Nitrophenol (PNP) as a model nitro-aromatic compound was carried out by photocatalytic process using magnetic Titania nano particles (MTNPs). The recyclable MTNPs were synthesized with average diameter of 22nm and a narrow size distribution. The process was modeled and optimized by a second order reduced polynomial model.