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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 181, Issue -, Pages 847-855Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.06.054
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High energy ball mill; Meso zero valent iron; Fenton's oxidation; Buffered and unbuffered system; Ferryl ion
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Understanding contaminant degradation by different sized zero valent iron (ZVI) particles is one important aspect in addressing the long-term stability of these particles in field studies. In this study, meso zero valent iron (mZVI) particles were synthesised in a milling time of 10 h using ball milling technique. The efficacy of mZVI particles for removal of phenol was quantitatively evaluated in comparison with coarse zero valent iron (cZVI) and nano zero valent iron (nZVI) particles. Phenol degradation experiments were carried out in sacrificial batch mode at room temperature independently with cZVI, nZVI and mZVI under varied pH conditions of 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10. Batch experiments substantiating the reactivity of mZVI under unbuffered pH system were also carried out and compared with buffered and poorly buffered pH systems. mZVI particles showed consistent phenol degradation at circum-neutral pH with efficiency of 44%, 67%, and 89% in a span of 5,10 and 20 min respectively. The dissolved iron species and residual iron formation were also measured as a function of pH. Unbuffered systems at circumneutral pH produced less residual iron when compared to buffered and poorly buffered systems. At this pH, oxidation of Fe2+ produced a different oxidant Ferryl ion, which was found to effectively participate in phenol degradation. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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