Flower-like manganese wad（MW） with high activity was synthesized via ultrasonic-assisted redox reaction of sole manganese salt MnO4-.MW was characterized by X-ray diffraction（XRD）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM） and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）.The experimental results indicate that the maximum decolorization rate of Congo red（CR） reached above 95％ within 15 min in a wide pH range from 2.0 to 6.0.Results also show that MW has excellent decolorization performance for azo dye CR which implies potential application for removing dye pollutants from industrial effluents.
