Arsenic(III) Remediation from Contaminated Water by Oxidation and FeAl Co-Precipitation英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 2011, 3, 655-660 doi:10.4236/jwarp.2011.39075 Published Online September 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jwarp) Arsenic(III) Remediation from Contaminated Water by Oxidation and Fe/Al Co-Precipitation Wensheng Zhang , Pritam Singh , Touma B. Issa 1 2 2 CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, CSIRO, Bentley, Karawara, Australia 1 2 School of Chemical and Mathematical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia E-mail: wensheng.zhang@csiro.au, {P.Singh, T.Issa}@.au Received March 14, 2011; revised June 15, 2011; accepted August 17, 2011 Abstract Battery grade γ-MnO2 powder was investigated as an oxidant and an adsorbent in combination with Fe/Al coagulants for removal of arsenic from contaminated water. Simultaneous oxidation of As(III) and removal by coprecipitation/adsorption (one step process) was compared with pre-oxidation and subsequent removal by coprecipitation/adsorption (two step process). The rate of As(III) oxidation with MnO2 is completed in two stages: rapid initially followed by a first order reaction. As(III) is oxidised to As(V) by the MnO 2 with a release of approximately 1:1 molar Mn(II) into the solution. No significant pH effect on oxidation of As(III) was observed in the pH range 4 - 6. The rate showed a decreasing trend above pH 6. The removal of As(V) by adsorption on the MnO 2 decreased significantly with increasing pH from 4 to 8. The adsorption capacity of the γ-MnO2 with particle size 90% passing 10 μm was determined to be 1.5 mg/g at pH 7. MnO2 was found to be more effective as an oxidant for As(III) in the two step process than in the one step process. Keywords: Manganese Oxides, Iron Hydroxides, Arsenic Remediation, Fe/Al Coagulants, Contaminated Water 1. Introduction order kinetics with respect to As(III) concentration. The activation energies for the oxidation reacti