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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 300, Issue -, Pages 144-152Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.06.066
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Chromium(VI); Oxalic acid; Manganese(II); Liquid chromatography-nitrogen microwave plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (HPLC-MP-AES); High resolution molecular mass spectrometry (ESI-QTOFMS)
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- National Council of Science and Technology, Mexico (CONACYT) [178553, 123732]
- University of Guanajuato [408/2014]
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Over the past few decades, reduction of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) has been studied in many physicochemical contexts. In this research, we reveal the mechanism underlying the favorable effect of Mn(II) observed during Cr(VI) reduction by oxalic acid using liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric diode array detector (HPLC-DAD), nitrogen microwave plasma atomic emission spectrometry (HPLC-MP-AES), and high resolution mass spectrometry (ESI-QTOFMS). Both reaction mixtures contained potassium dichromate (0.67 mM Cr(VI)) and oxalic acid (13.3 mM), pH 3, one reaction mixture contained manganese sulfate (0.33 mM Mn(II)). In the absence of Mn(II) only trace amounts of reaction intermediates were generated, most likely in the following pathways: (1) Cr(VI) -> Cr(IV) and (2) Cr(VI) + Cr(IV) -> 2Cr(V). In the presence of Mn(II), the active reducing species appeared to be Mn(II) bis-oxalato complex (J); the proposed reaction mechanism involves a one-electron transfer from J to any chromium compound containing Cr=O bond, which is reduced to Cr-OH, and the generation of Mn(III) bis-oxalato complex (K). Conversion of K to J was observed, confirming the catalytic role of Mn(II). Since no additional acidification was required, the results obtained in this study may be helpful in designing a new, environmentally friendly strategy for the remediation of environments contaminated with Cr(VI). (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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