| Abstract: | The degradation of azobenzene (AO) by a gaseous plasma is reported. The plasma was generated in a localized zone between an electrolytic solution and a tip of an anode in contact with the surface of solution by means of contact glow discharge electrolysis. There is an optimum pH for the degradation of AO. Iron (II) had a remarkable catalytic action on it. Furthermore, the degradation followed the first‐order kinetic law. Some of the intermediate products of the degradation process were detected by HPLC. |
