Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 16, Pages 2088-2098Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1141998
Keywords
Nanoparticle; nickel; iron; chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon; dechlorination
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41201302]
- National Environmental Protection Public Welfare Science and Technology Research Program of China [201109013]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [222201514337]
- Shanghai Natural Science Funds [11ZR1409400]
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In this study, we compared the removal kinetics and Ni release styles of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCA), trichloroethylene (TCE), and tetrachloroethene (PCE) that result from the use of Ni/Fe nanoparticles in water. Compared to TCE and PCE, 1,1,1-TCA was more readily removed, and the concentration profiles of the three chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) during the reduction processes fit pseudo-first-order reaction rate models well. The surface area-normalized rate constants show that the 11% Ni Ni/Fe nanoparticles, which has the largest Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area, has the highest capacity for 1,1,1-TCA removal per unit surface area and that the 6% Ni sample was the best for removing TCE and PCE. The observed by-products suggested that hydrogenolysis was responsible for the dechlorination of CAHs in the presence of Ni/Fe nanoparticles. More Ni2+ was released during the degradation of 1,1,1-TCA than that of TCE and PCE because Ni will reduce the CAHs directly as a zerovalent metal does when hydrogen atoms in the Ni lattice are not sufficient due to the rapid incomplete dechlorination of 1,1,1-TCA. The different modes of adsorption of chloroalkane and chloroalkene onto the surfaces of Ni/Fe particles might play an important role in their dechlorination process. [GRAPHICS] .
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