In this work, the effectiveness and applicability of a physicochemical coagulation/flocculation process for the pretreatment of textile industry discharges containing Hydron Blue Dye using Al 2 (SO 4 ) 3 as destabilizing agent was studied. The coagulation/flocculation performance on the quality of treated water was measured by UV absorbance at different wavelengths, by scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Results showed that the process was effective with a maximum yield of 77% under optimized conditions of pH, coagulant dosage, concentration of initial solutions, and stirring speed. The optimization of this process by a design of experiments allowed us to construct models with an R 2 value of 0.99 for the coagulation/flocculation in the chosen field.
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