The invention discloses a method for preparing an attapulgite clay catalyst and a method for measuring COD by the catalyst. The method for preparing the attapulgite clay catalyst comprises the following steps: (1) attapulgite purification, namely adding the primary attapulgite into water according to a
mass ratio of 1:10-15, stirring the mixture for 24 to 48 hours to form attapulgite
slurry, keeping the attapulgite
slurry standing naturally, taking suspension on the upper layer, and filtering,
drying and
grinding the suspension to obtain purified attapulgite; and (2)
acidification treatment, namely adding the purified attapulgite into mixed acid solution according to a
mass ratio of 1:10-15, slightly boiling the mixture for 70 to 90 minutes by continually stirring, filtering the boiled mixture, washing the
filter cake to be neutral, and
drying and
grinding the
filter cake to obtain acidified attapulgite, namely the attapulgite catalyst, wherein the mixed acid solution of which
volume concentration is 5 percent is formed by mixing sulphuric acid and
phosphoric acid. The steps in the COD measuring method are the same as GB11914-1989; when domestic
sewage is measured, 20 milliliters of concentrated sulphuric acid and 0.3
gram of attapulgite are added into the domestic
sewage and reflowed for 30 minutes; and when industrial
sewage is measured, 30 milliliters of concentrated sulphuric acid and 0.3
gram of acidified attapulgite are added into the industrial sewage and reflowed for 30 minutes. By adopting the primary attapulgite to prepare the catalyst, the development and utilization values of the primary attapulgite are promoted; and by adopting the acidified attapulgite to measure COD, the measuring cost is lowered, the measuring time is shortened, and the secondary
pollution is reduced.