Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 17, Pages 4296-4304Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.022
Keywords
Adsorption; Aggregation; Arsenic(V); Bicarbonate; Calcium; Natural organic matter; Zero-valent iron
Funding
- Research Grants Council of The Hong Kong SAR Government
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The effects of hardness (Ca2+) and alkalinity (HCO3-) on arsenic(V) removal from humic acid (HA)-deficient and HA-rich groundwater by zero-valent iron (Fe-0) were investigated using batch experiments. Arsenic, in general, is removed from groundwater possibly by adsorption and co-precipitation with the iron corrosion products. However, in the co-presence of HCO3- and Ca2+, the removal rate of arsenic increased with increasing concentrations of either Ca2+ or HCO3-. It was observed that the removal of arsenic was significantly enhanced by the formation of CaCO3 as a nucleation seed for the growth of large iron (hydr)oxide particles. In the co-existence of Ca2+, HCO3- and HA, the presence of HA diminished the positive role of Ca2+ due to the formation of Fe-humate complexes in solution and delaying of the formation of CaCO3. As a result, the formation of the large iron (hydr)oxide particles was inhibited in the earlier stage which, in turn, affected the removal of arsenic. However, after the formation of CaCO3 and the subsequent growth of such particles, the presence of large iron (hydr)oxide particles resulted in the rapid removing of arsenic and Fe-humate by adsorption and/or co-precipitation. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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