The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in Soil
During the last decades great attention has been payed at evaluating the feasibility of Cr(VI) reduction in soil by nano zero valent iron (nZVI). An inhibitory effect on the Cr(VI) reduction by Fe0 nanoparticles is generally shown in the presence of high level of heavy metals and natural organic mat...
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| author | M.T. Gueye L. Di Palma G. Allahverdiyeva I. Bavasso E. Petrucci M. Stoller G. Vilardi |
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| description | During the last decades great attention has been payed at evaluating the feasibility of Cr(VI) reduction in soil by nano zero valent iron (nZVI). An inhibitory effect on the Cr(VI) reduction by Fe0 nanoparticles is generally shown in the presence of high level of heavy metals and natural organic matter in soil. Heavy metals in theenvironment can react with nZVI by redox reactions, precipitation/dissolution reactions, and adsorption/desorption phenomena. As a result of the presence of metals as Ni, Pb, a decrease in the rate of Cr(VI) reduction was observed. Hence, in the present study, experimental tests of Cr(VI) reduction by nZVI in the presence of selected heavy metals, such as nickel and lead, and in the presence of high level of organic matter, are presented and discussed. Results showed a decrease in the rate of Cr(VI) reduction in soil by nZVI (at a x25 stoichiometric excess) from 91% to 78%, 71% and 74% in the presence of Ni, Pb and both metals respectively. As regards the results of Cr(VI) reduction in the presence of organic matter, by using a reducing solution of nZVI (x25 stoichiometric excess) a decrease of Cr(VI) reduction yield from 91% to 12% was observed after 2 hours of treatment in a soil containing 35.71 g/kg of organic matter. Such low efficiency wasattributed to the adsorption of organic matter onto Fe0 nanoparticles surface, thus saturating the activereaction sites of Fe0 nanoparticles. In addition, a significant reduction of the organic carbon in the treated soil was observed (up to 77.5%) caused by the degradation of organic matter and its dissolution in the liquid phase. A slight decrease of the total metal concentration in treated soil was also observed. Finally, kinetic tests show that Cr(VI) reduction using nZVI in the presence of a high concentration of organic compound obeyed a pseudo-zero-order kinetic model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fafd0c7291f4f249147519c809ac1af2022-12-21T20:30:13ZengAIDIC Servizi S.r.l.Chemical Engineering Transactions2283-92162016-05-014710.3303/CET1647049The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in SoilM.T. GueyeL. Di PalmaG. AllahverdiyevaI. BavassoE. PetrucciM. StollerG. VilardiDuring the last decades great attention has been payed at evaluating the feasibility of Cr(VI) reduction in soil by nano zero valent iron (nZVI). An inhibitory effect on the Cr(VI) reduction by Fe0 nanoparticles is generally shown in the presence of high level of heavy metals and natural organic matter in soil. Heavy metals in theenvironment can react with nZVI by redox reactions, precipitation/dissolution reactions, and adsorption/desorption phenomena. As a result of the presence of metals as Ni, Pb, a decrease in the rate of Cr(VI) reduction was observed. Hence, in the present study, experimental tests of Cr(VI) reduction by nZVI in the presence of selected heavy metals, such as nickel and lead, and in the presence of high level of organic matter, are presented and discussed. Results showed a decrease in the rate of Cr(VI) reduction in soil by nZVI (at a x25 stoichiometric excess) from 91% to 78%, 71% and 74% in the presence of Ni, Pb and both metals respectively. As regards the results of Cr(VI) reduction in the presence of organic matter, by using a reducing solution of nZVI (x25 stoichiometric excess) a decrease of Cr(VI) reduction yield from 91% to 12% was observed after 2 hours of treatment in a soil containing 35.71 g/kg of organic matter. Such low efficiency wasattributed to the adsorption of organic matter onto Fe0 nanoparticles surface, thus saturating the activereaction sites of Fe0 nanoparticles. In addition, a significant reduction of the organic carbon in the treated soil was observed (up to 77.5%) caused by the degradation of organic matter and its dissolution in the liquid phase. A slight decrease of the total metal concentration in treated soil was also observed. Finally, kinetic tests show that Cr(VI) reduction using nZVI in the presence of a high concentration of organic compound obeyed a pseudo-zero-order kinetic model.https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/4140 |
| spellingShingle | M.T. Gueye L. Di Palma G. Allahverdiyeva I. Bavasso E. Petrucci M. Stoller G. Vilardi The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in Soil Chemical Engineering Transactions |
| title | The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in Soil |
| title_full | The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in Soil |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in Soil |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in Soil |
| title_short | The Influence of Heavy Metals and Organic Matter on Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Nano Zero Valent Iron in Soil |
| title_sort | influence of heavy metals and organic matter on hexavalent chromium reduction by nano zero valent iron in soil |
| url | https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/4140 |
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