Nitrate reduction over nanoscale zero-valent iron prepared by hydrogen reduction of goethite |
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Authors: | HB Liu TH Chen DY Chang D Chen Y Liu HP He P Yuan Ray Frost |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China;2. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China;3. Chemistry Discipline, Faculty of Science and Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
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Abstract: | Nitrate reduction with nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) was reported as a potential technology to remove nitrate from nitrate-contaminated water. In this paper, nitrate reduction with NZVI prepared by hydrogen reduction of natural goethite (NZVI-N, -N represents natural goethite) and hydrothermal goethite (NZVI-H, -H represents hydrothermal goethite) was conducted. Besides, the effects of reaction time, nitrate concentration, iron-to-nitrate ratio on nitrate removal rate over NZVI-H and NZVI-N were investigated. To prove their excellent nitrate reduction capacities, NZVI-N and NZVI-H were compared with ordinary zero-valent iron (OZVI-N) through the static experiments. Based on all above investigations, the mechanism of nitrate reduction with NZVI-N was proposed. The result showed that reaction time, nitrate concentration, iron-to-nitrate ratio played an important role in nitrate reduction by NZVI-N and NZVI-H. Compared with OZVI, NZVI-N and NZVI-H showed little relationship with pH. And NZVI-N for nitrate composition offers a higher stability than NZVI-H because of the existence of Al-substitution. Furthermore, NZVI-N, prepared by hydrogen reduction of goethite, has higher activity for nitrate reduction and the products contain hydrogen, nitrogen, NH4+, a little nitrite, but no NOx, meanwhile NZVI-N was oxidized to Fe2+. It is a relatively easy and cost-effective method for nitrate removal, so NZVI-N reducing nitrate has a great potential application in nitrate removal of groundwater. |
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Keywords: | Natural goethite Nanoscale zero-valent iron Nitrate reduction Groundwater Al-substituted goethite |
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