期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
卷 64, 期 2, 页码 411-423出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0865-z
关键词
Arsenic; Groundwater; Magnetite-maghemite nanoparticles; Langmuir isotherm; Adsorption
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
In this study, magnetite-maghemite nanoparticles were used to treat arsenic-contaminated water. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) studies showed the presence of arsenic on the surface of magnetite-maghemite nanoparticles. Theoretical multiplet analysis of the magnetite-maghemite mixture (Fe3O4-gamma Fe2O3) reported 30.8% of maghemite and 69.2% of magnetite. The results show that redox reaction occurred on magnetite-maghemite mixture surface when arsenic was introduced. The study showed that, apart from pH, the removal of arsenic from contaminated water also depends on contact time and initial concentration of arsenic. Equilibrium was achieved in 3 h in the case of 2 mg/L of As(V) and As(III) concentrations at pH 6.5. The results further suggest that arsenic adsorption involved the formation of weak arsenic-iron oxide complexes at the magnetite-maghemite surface. In groundwater, arsenic adsorption capacity of magnetite-maghemite nanoparticles at room temperature, calculated from the Langmuir isotherm, was 80 mu mol/g and Gibbs free energy (a dagger G(0), kJ/mol) for arsenic removal was -35 kJ/mol, indicating the spontaneous nature of adsorption on magnetite-maghemite nanoparticles.
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