Heterogeneous Fenton-like degradation of Acid Red 17 using Fe-impregnated nanoporous clinoptilolite: artificial neural network modeling and phytotoxicological studies

Heterogeneous Fenton-like removal of Acid Red 17 (AR17) from aqueous solution was investigated. Feimpregnated nanoporous clinoptilolite (Fe-NP-Clin) was prepared by an impregnation method and used as a catalyst. A complete characterization including X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), inductively coupled plasma (ICP), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) analyses was done to describe the physical and chemical properties of NP-Clin and Fe-NP-Clin samples.