Electrochemical decomposition of phenylhydrazine on a fibrous carbon electrode

Oxidation of phenylhydrazine by atmospheric oxygen in aqueous solution, its catalytic breakdown in the presence of Aktilen A carbon fiber, and electro chemical decomposition on a polarized carbon fiber were studied. Formation of various organic products of phenylhydrazine breakdown, remaining in solu tion after oxidation with air and catalytic decomposition on a carbon fiber , was studied by spectroscopy and chromatography. Feasibility of electroche mical decomposition on a carbon fiber for wastewater treatment to remove hy drazine derivatives was examined.