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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 169, Issue 1-3, Pages 339-344Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.101
Keywords
Arsenite; Coagulation; Potassium Ferrate; Drinking Water
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- USDA/CSREES
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The removal of arsenate and arsenite from drinking water poses challenges, especially when arsenite is present in a significant amount. The removal of arsenite by K2FeO4, K2FeO4/FeCl3, and K2FeO4/AlCl3 salts was studied at pH 6.5 and at an initial As concentration of 500 mu g As(III) L-1. The arsenite removal in Fe(VI)/Fe(III) and Fe(VI)/Al(III) systems was also examined as a function of pH (6.0-8.0). Arsenite was first oxidized by Fe(VI) to arsenate. which was subsequently removed through adsorption by Fe(III) or mixed Fe(III)-Al(III) oxy/hydroxide phases. Fe(VI)/Al(III) salts had higher removal efficiency of arsenite than Fe(VI) and Fe(VI)/Fe(III) salts. A molar ratio of 6(3/3):1 for Fe(VI)/Al(III) to As(III) decreased arsenite concentration from 500 to 1.4 mu g L-1 at pH 6.5. Arsenite removal increased with a decrease in pH from 8.0 to 6.0 and exhibited less pH dependence in the Fe(VI)/Al(III) system than in the Fe(VI)/Fe(III) system. Aluminum chloride salts performed better than FeCl3 and FeCl3/AlCl3 salts (Fe:Al = 1:1) in removing As(V) from water. Effect of anions (phosphate, silicate, bicarbonate, nitrate, and sulfate) on the arsenite removal by Fe(VI)/Al(III) salts at pH 6.5 was examined. Phosphate, silicate, and bicarbonate ions interfered with the removal of arsenite in water. Nitrate and sulfate had none to minimal effect on arsenite removal. Fe(VI)/Al(III) salts showed a potential for removing arsenite below the current drinking water standard (10 mu g L-1). (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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