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Mechanism and Adsorption Capacity of Arsenic in Water by Zero-Valent Iron  

Yoo, Kyung-Yoal (Division of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University)
Ok, Yong-Sik (Division of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University)
Yang, Jae E. (Division of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.39, no.3, 2006 , pp. 157-162 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objective of this research was to evaluate optimal conditions of arsenic adsorption in water by zero-valent iron (ZVI). Batch experiment showed that adsorption of arsenic by ZVI followed a Langmuir isotherm model. The masses of As(V) adsorbed onto ZVI were increased as decreasing pH of the reacting solution (pH 3: 2.05, pH 5: 1.82, pH 7: 1.24, pH 9: 1.03 mg As/g $Fe^0$) and as increasing the temperature ($15^{\circ}C$ : 1.59, $25^{\circ}C$ : 1.81, 35 : $1.93^{\circ}C$ mg As/g $Fe^0$). The SEM and EDS (energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer) analysis of morphology and structure of ZVI before and after reacting with arsenic in water revealed that a relatively smooth and large surface of ZVI was transformed into a coarse and small surface particle after the reaction. The EDS spectra on the chemical composition of ZVI demonstrated that arsenic was incorporated into ZVI by adsorption mechanism. The XRD analysis also identified that the only peak for $Fe^0$ in the ZVI before the reaction and confirmed that $Fe^0$ was transformed into $Fe_2O_3$ and FeOOH, and As into $FeAsO_4{\cdot}2H_2O$.
Keywords
Zero-valent iron; Arsenic; Immobilization; Adsorption; SEM-EDS; XRD $FeAsO_4{\cdot}2H_2O$;
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