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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 695, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133836
Keywords
Sulfite; Iohexol; Sulfate radical; Copper oxides; Advanced oxidation process
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51808233]
- Scientific Research Funds of Huaqiao University
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Sulfite has been recently emerging as an appealing sulfate radical (SO4 center dot-) precursor for efficient treatment of organic contaminants. Due to the negligible autoxidation of sulfite, activators are often introduced to accelerate sulfite autoxidation and the concomitant generation of SO4 center dot-. Present heterogeneous activators are mostly not very effective under mild conditions (pH 7.0-8.0). In this work, efficient activation of sulfite with copper oxides including Cu2O and CuO for iohexol degradation under mild pH conditions is proposed. In a comparison of iohexol degradation efficiency by sulfite autoxidation activated with different metal oxides (Co3O4, CeO, alpha-Fe2O3, gamma-Fe2O3, CuO and Cu2O), CuO and Cu2O with lower toxicity arc efficient activators and removal efficiencies of similar to 95% can be obtained at pH 8.0. SO4 center dot- is identified to be the major species contributing to the removal of iohexol by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and quenching experiment. Based on the effect of ionic strength and copper leaching, sulfite is proposed to interact with copper oxides via inner-sphere coordination. Effect of critical influencing parameters and efficacy of copper oxides in real water matrixes arc investigated. The results suggest that using copper oxides as activators is a new alternative to promote sulfite autoxiclation process for rapid contaminants degradation. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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