Table 1 Box–Behnken design for optimizing factors in degradation of AT and ME using ZnO NPs/Zeolite and TiO2NPs/zeolite as the catalysts.

From: Enhancing photocatalytic degradation of beta-blocker drugs using TiO2 NPs/zeolite and ZnO NPs/zeolite as photocatalysts: optimization and kinetic investigations

Factor

Name

Units

Type

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Std. Dev

  

A

Drug concentration

mg L-1

Numeric

15.00

45.00

30.00

9.82

  

B

pH

Numeric

3.00

7.00

5.00

1.31

  

C

Catalyst amount

mg

Numeric

200.00

500.00

350.00

98.20

  

D

H2O2 concentration

mM

Numeric

1.0000

3.00

2.00

0.6547

  

Std

Run

A

B

C

D

ZnO NPs/Zeolite

TiO2 NPs/Zeolite

R% For AT

R% for ME

R% for AT

R% for ME

24

1

0

1

0

1

81.77

83.59

79.59

82.52

25

2

0

0

0

0

96.45

92.45

91.36

95.07

14

3

0

1

−1

0

67.87

67.69

64.69

62.62

27

4

0

0

0

0

93.19

95.45

93.36

91.85

5

5

0

0

−1

−1

74.13

74.95

74.95

72.88

13

6

0

−1

−1

0

77.61

79.43

80.43

84.36

21

7

0

−1

0

−1

77.49

79.31

77.31

80.24

10

8

1

0

0

−1

78.66

78.48

79.48

78.41

20

9

1

0

1

0

91.14

92.96

85.96

83.89

16

10

0

1

1

0

84.49

86.31

81.31

87.24

22

11

0

1

0

−1

70.59

70.41

66.41

67.34

28

12

0

0

0

0

95.63

91.32

95.97

94.56

26

13

0

0

0

0

91.79

94.79

92.13

90.45

29

14

0

0

0

0

94.06

90.83

96.77

92.24

12

15

1

0

0

1

89.84

88.66

89.66

87.59

18

16

1

0

−1

0

77.36

77.18

80.18

78.11

9

17

−1

0

0

−1

69.42

71.24

64.24

69.17

7

18

0

0

−1

1

71.35

72.17

70.17

74.1

3

19

−1

1

0

0

70.02

70.84

60.84

66.77

2

20

1

−1

0

0

86.16

86.98

86.98

88.91

1

21

−1

−1

0

0

80.31

84.82

80.82

86.75

15

22

0

−1

1

0

88.55

89.37

87.37

91.3

6

23

0

0

1

−1

73.95

74.77

68.77

74.7

11

24

−1

0

0

1

80.6

84.42

77.42

84.35

23

25

0

−1

0

1

88.67

92.49

90.49

95.42

19

26

−1

0

1

0

81.9

85.72

76.72

84.65

8

27

0

0

1

1

89.09

94.91

89.91

93.84

4

28

1

1

0

0

82.34

83.16

85.16

83.09

17

29

−1

0

−1

0

68.12

69.94

64.94

68.87