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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 392, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122473
Keywords
Electrocoagulation; Cu(II)-EDTA; Fe(III)-EDTA degradation; Near natural water; Hydroxyl radical
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- Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [51808415]
- Hubei Provincial Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program [S201910488013]
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The widely usage of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) arises environmental concerns on toxic metal mobilization, and challenges the conventional processes in water treatment. In the study Cu(II)-EDTA in near natural water was efficiently removed during a two-step electrocoagulation using Fe(0) anode (Fe-EC), including a transformation to Fe(III)-EDTA induced mainly by structural Fe(II) in anoxic Fe-EC and further degradation in oxic Fe-EC. The degradation of Fe(III)-EDTA was mostly attributed to an oxygen activation mechanism that involving O-2(center dot-) and hydroxyl radical ((OH)-O-center dot) generation, as validated by the quenching experiments and electron spin resonance. Furthermore, O-2(center dot-) generated during Fe(II) oxidation took a dominant role on Fe(III)/Fe(II)-EDTA transformation instead of electrochemical reduction. Six intermediates during the Fe(III)-EDTA degradation were identified by LC-Q-TOF, indicating a pathway of stepwise breakage of N-C bonds. The results revealed in this work is helpful to understand the contribution and fate of EDTA during Fe-EC treatment of metal-EDTA polluted water.
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