<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Contaminated mine water from the Kank site (Czech Republic) containing arsenic at a concentration of approximately 85 mg/dm3 was tested in a reaction with elemental iron nanoparticles. In a reductive environment there was a reduction of As to the more soluble and toxic form of As(III) depending on the pH of the solution. Oxidation of elemental iron creates oxyhydroxides which incorporate As into their structure in the form of mixed complexes and thereby remove and bind dissolved As from the solution. The addition of 0.5 g/dm3 nZVI to the contaminated water leads to a significant decrease in ORP and concentrations of As to around the detection limit. The pH of the solution is not significantly affected by the addition of nZVI. The main competing anion for co-precipitation is represented by phosphates whose concentration after the addition of nZVI was reduced to 6.5% of the original value. The resulting precipitates were analyzed by XPS, XRF, XRD, SEM-EDX and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The presence of jarosite, Schwertmannite and also arsenic probably in the form of skorodite was confirmed</abstract>

Contaminated mine water from the Kank site (Czech Republic) containing arsenic at a concentration of approximately 85 mg/dm3 was tested in a reaction with elemental iron nanoparticles. In a reductive environment there was a reduction of As to the more soluble and toxic form of As(III) depending on the pH of the solution. Oxidation of elemental iron creates oxyhydroxides which incorporate As into their structure in the form of mixed complexes and thereby remove and bind dissolved As from the solution. The addition of 0.5 g/dm3 nZVI to the contaminated water leads to a significant decrease in ORP and concentrations of As to around the detection limit. The pH of the solution is not significantly affected by the addition of nZVI. The main competing anion for co-precipitation is represented by phosphates whose concentration after the addition of nZVI was reduced to 6.5% of the original value. The resulting precipitates were analyzed by XPS, XRF, XRD, SEM-EDX and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The presence of jarosite, Schwertmannite and also arsenic probably in the form of skorodite was confirmed

Arsenic Immobilization by Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron / Immobilizacja Arsenu Przez Nanożelazo Na Zerowym Stopniu Utlenienia

Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, CZ46117 Liberec, Czech Republic

Palacky University Olomouc, Krizkovskeho 8, CZ77147 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Contaminated mine water from the Kank site (Czech Republic) containing arsenic at a concentration of approximately 85 mg/dm3 was tested in a reaction with...

Arsenic Immobilization by Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron / Immobilizacja Arsenu Przez Nanożelazo Na Zerowym Stopniu Utlenienia

Published Online: Apr 18, 2015

Page range: 45 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2015-0002

Keywords
contaminated water, zero-valent iron, nZVI, arsenic

© by Miroslav Černík

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Arsenic Immobilization by Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron / Immobilizacja Arsenu Przez Nanożelazo Na Zerowym Stopniu Utlenienia

Published Online: Apr 18, 2015

Page range: 45 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eces-2015-0002

Keywordscontaminated water, zero-valent iron, nZVI, arsenic

© by Miroslav Černík

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
contaminated water, zero-valent iron, nZVI, arsenic