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                    1- PhD Candidate, Student Research Committee, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 
 2- Professor, Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease AND Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Corresponding Author: Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Email: amin@hlth.mui.ac.ir 
                    
                    
                    Abstract:       (1592 Views)
                    
                    
                    Background: In this study, formaldehyde degradation rate was investigated through ZnO sonophotocatalist process using an oxidation reactor with a volume of 2 l.Methods: This was a fundamental, applied, and cross-sectional study. During various experiment steps (30 steps), the influence of important operational parameters, such as solution pH (3–8), initial CH2O concentration (20–100 mg/l), ZnO nanoparticles dosage (10–60 mg/l), ultrasonic wave power (40–150 W), and reaction time (10–60 minutes), was investigated.Findings: Maximum formaldehyde removal ratio (78%) occurred with a ZnO dosage of 60 mg/l, solution pH of 8, ultrasonic wave power of 40 W, initial formaldehyde concentration of 50 mg/l, and a contact time of 30 minutes.Conclusion: It can be concluded that the sonophotocatalytic process is effective in the treatment of solutions containing low formaldehyde concentrations.
                    
                    
                    
                     
                    
                    
                    
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education health and promotion  Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2016/10/15 | Published: 2016/10/15