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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2011.44.6.485

Cyanide Attenuation by Granular Activated Carbon and UV-Light  

Lee, Hyo-Eun (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
Kim, Young-Jae (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
Park, Soo-Oh (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
Sung, Yoo-Hyun (Development and Environment Team, Korea Resources Corporation)
Park, Chan-Oh (Development and Environment Team, Korea Resources Corporation)
Lee, Hyun-Ju (Water treatment and Rock Engineering Rsearch Team, Institute of Mine Reclamation Technology)
Jang, Min (Water treatment and Rock Engineering Rsearch Team, Institute of Mine Reclamation Technology)
Lee, Young-Jae (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Korea University)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.44, no.6, 2011 , pp. 485-492 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sorption of cyanide on granular activated carbon and attenuation of the cyanide by UV-light over a wide range of conditions such as pH and concentration were investigated through batch experiments. Cyanide uptake by activated carbon is much effective at $[CN]_{ini}$ < 2 mg/L. The sorption of cyanide on activated carbon at pH 7.0 is greater than that of pH 9.0. It is found that the ratio of CN uptake to CN in solution increases at pH 9.0 whereas at pH 7.0 the ratio decreases, suggesting that reactivity of activated carbon increases as a function of pH. The sorption of cyanide rapidly increases during the first 30 min, followed by sharp desorption until 3hr, and then the sorption increases and reaches the maximum sorption during the duration of experiments, implying that the sorption mode could be changed through conformational change during the initial stage of the cyanide uptake by activated carbon. Total amount of cyanide desorbed from the activated carbon during the period of desorption experiments is less than 1.5% of total sorbed cyanide, indicative of strong and stable sorption of cyanide on the activated carbon. The sorption with mixture of activated carbon and Ham-Baek sludge shows less effective on the removal of the cyanide. It is noted that UV-light is much effective on the removal of cyanide but also the attenuation is achieved until $[CN]_{tot}$ is up to 10 mg/L. Our findings demonstrate that both activated carbon and UV-light are very effective on the attenuation of cyanide over a wide range of environmental conditions.
Keywords
cyanide; granular activated carbon; UV-light; attenuation; sorption;
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