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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 535, Issue -, Pages 69-78Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.033
Keywords
Halogenated hydrocarbons; TCE; nZVI; Dechlorination
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- Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management of Austria [B020004]
- Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water (BMLFUW)
- Management by Kommunalkredit Public Consulting (KPC) [B020004]
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Nanoscale zero-valent iron particles (nZVI) are already applied for in-situ dechlorination of halogenated organic contaminants in the field. We performed batch experiments whereby trichloroethene (TCE) was dehalogenated by nZVI under different environmental conditions that are relevant in practice. The tested conditions include different ionic strengths, addition of polyelectrolytes (carboxymethylcellulose and ligninsulphonate), lowered temperature, dissolved oxygen and different particle contents. Particle properties were determined by Mssbauer spectroscopy, XRD, TEM, SEM, AAS and laser obscuration time measurements. TCE dehalogenation and H-2 evolution were decelerated by reduced ionic strength, addition of polyelectrolytes, temperature reduction, the presence of dissolved oxygen and reduced particle content. The partitioning of released electrons between reactions with the contaminant vs. with water (selectivity) was low, independent of the tested conditions. Basically out of hundred electrons that were released via nZVI oxidation only 3.1 +/- 1.4 were used for TCE dehalogenation. Even lower selectivities were observed at TCE concentrations below 3.5 mg l(-1), hence particle modifications and/or combination of nZVI with other remediation technologies seem to be necessary to reach target concentrations for remediation. Our results suggest that selectivity is particle intrinsic and not as much condition dependent, hence particle synthesis and potential particle modifications of nZVI particles may be more important for optimization of the pollutant degradation rate, than tested environmental conditions. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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