Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 38, Issue 12, Pages 2948-2954Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.003
Keywords
arsenic; sorption; iron hydroxides; water cleaning
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Five different sorption materials were tested in parallel for the removal of arsenic from water: activated carbon (AC), zirconium-loaded activated carbon (Zr-AC), a sorption medium with the trade name 'Absorptionsmittel 3' (AM3), zero-valent iron (Fe-0), and iron hydroxide granulates (GIH). Batch and column tests were carried out and the behavior of the two inorganic species (arsenite and arsenate) was investigated separately. The sorption kinetics of arsenate onto the materials followed the sequence Zr-ACmuch greater thanGIH=AM3>Fe(0)AC. A different sequence was obtained for arsenite (ACmuch greater thanZr-AC = AM3 = GIH = Fe-0). AC was found to enhance the oxidation reaction of arsenite in anaerobic batch experiments. The linear constants of the sorption isotherms were determined to be 377, 89 and 87 for Zr-AC, AM3 and GIH, respectively. The uptake capacities yielded from the batch experiment were about 7 g l(-1) for Zr-Ac and 5 g l(-1) for AM3. Column tests indicated that arsenite was completely removed. The best results were obtained with GIH, with the arsenate not eluting before 13 100 pore volumes (inflow concentration I mg l(-1) As) which corresponds to a uptake capacity of 2.3 mg g(-1) or 3.7 g l(-1). (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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