Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 44, Issue 19, Pages 5693-5701Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.023
Keywords
Arsenic; Adsorption; Zinc; Magnetite nanoparticles; Ternary surface complex
Funding
- National Science Foundation through the Center for biological and Environmental Nanotechnology [EEC-0118007]
- Ministry of Education of China [708020]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2009DFA91910]
- China-U.S. Center for Environmental Remediation and Sustainable Development
- Baker-Petrolite
- BJ Chemical Services
- BP
- Champion Technologies, Inc.
- Chevron, Inc.
- Clariant
- ConocoPhillips, Inc.
- Halliburton
- Kemira
- Marathon Oil
- MI SWACO
- Nalco
- Occidental Oil and Gas
- Petrobras
- Saudia Aramco
- Shell, Inc.
- StatOil
- Total
- Advanced Energy Consortium
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The effect of Zn2+ on both the kinetic and equilibrium aspects of arsenic adsorption to magnetite nanoparticles was investigated at pH 4.5-8.0. At pH 8.0, adsorption of both arsenate and arsenite to magnetite nanoparticles was significantly enhanced by the presence of small amount of Zn2+ in the solution. With less than 3 mg/L of Zn2+ added to the arsenic solution prior to the addition of magnetite nanoparticles, the percentage of arsenic removal by magnetite nanoparticles increased from 66% to over 99% for arsenate, and from 80% to 95% for arsenite from an initial concentration of similar to 100 mu g& As at pH 8.0. Adsorption rate also increased significantly in the presence of Zn2+. The adsorption-enhancement effect of Zn2+ was not observed at pH 4.5-6.0, nor with ZnO nanoparticles, nor with surface-coated Zn-magnetite nanoparticles. The enhanced arsenic adsorption in the presence of Zn2+ cannot be due to reduced negative charge of the magnetite nanoparticles surface by zinc adsorption. Other cations, such as Ca2+ and Ag+, failed to enhance arsenic adsorption. Several potential mechanisms that could have caused the enhanced adsorption of arsenic have been tested and ruled out. Formation of a ternary surface complex by zinc, arsenic and magnetite nanoparticles is a possible mechanism controlling the observed zinc effect. Zinc-facilitated adsorption provides further advantage for magnetite nanoparticle-enhanced arsenic removal over conventional treatment approaches. Synopsis: Arsenic adsorption to magnetite nanoparticles at neutral or slightly basic pH can be significantly enhanced with trace amount of Zn2+ due to the formation of a ternary complex. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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