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Taeyoon Lee1, Hyunjung Lim, Yonghun Lee
1Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, San 32 Hyoja-dong, Pohang, Kyongsangbukdo, South Korea.
Abstract:
Cr(VI) removal from water was evaluated using waste iron particles in batch experimental mode. The reaction rates were inversely proportional to the initial Cr(VI) concentrations, and the reaction rates of Cr(VI) removal with the waste iron metal were faster than those with Peerless iron, a commercial zero-valent iron. The loss in iron reactivity due to the oxidation, from Fe(0) to Fe(II), ultimately to Fe(III), could be recovered by adding iron-reducing consortium (IRC) to the oxidized iron. Bacterial reduction of Cr(VI) also helped to decrease the aqueous concentration of Cr(VI), but the reduction of oxidized iron by IRC and the consequent reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) by the reduced iron was more significant. Thus, reusing waste iron metal for Cr(VI) removal can reduce the cost of reactive media. Furthermore, the addition of IRC to the waste iron metal can accelerate the removal rate of Cr(VI), and can recover the reactivity of irons which were oxidized by Cr(VI).
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