Abstract
We present here an experimental session for undergraduate students,
based on the reaction monitoring of the degradation of an organic
pollutant (para-nitrophenol) by a Fenton-like reaction, catalysed by
magnetite particles.
During the session, students
realized a follow-up of the reaction by Gas Chromatography with an
internal standard, and by UV-Visible spectrophotometry.
This session was a good starting point to numerous discussions about analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry.