Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 35, Issue 18, Pages 4435-4443Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00165-8
Keywords
permeable reactive barriers; zero-valent iron; adsorption; surfactants; quinones; humic acid; fulvic acid
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Recent studies of contaminant reduction by zero-valent iron metal (Fe-0) have highlighted the role of iron oxides at the metal water interface and the effect that sorption has at the oxide water interface on contaminant reduction kinetics. The results suggest that a variety of organic surface-active substances might enhance or inhibit contaminant degradation, depending on the degree to which they promote solubilization, sorption, and/or reaction. Of particular interest is the effect of natural organic matter (NOM), because of its ubiquitous presence in natural waters and amphiphilic properties; anthropogenic surfactants, because of their use in groundwater remediation; and certain quinones, which represent the redox-active functional groups associated with NOM. In this study, no well-defined effects of these substances were found on the reduction of nitro benzene by Fe-0, but the reduction of carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene (TCE) was inhibited by NOM. Results with carbon tetrachloride showed that the inhibitory effect of humic acids was greater than fulvic acids, but that several quinonoid NOM model compounds (juglone, lawsone, and anthraquinone disulfonate) increased the rate of reduction by Fe-0. Isotherms for adsorption of TCE and NOM onto Fe-0 showed evidence of competition for surface sites. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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