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Published on: December 5, 2019
[Oxidation of Humic Acid Complexing As(Ⅲ) by As(Ⅲ)-Oxidizing Bacteria]
Ze-Jiao Li1, Yan-Shan Cui1, Nai-Yi Yin1
1College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Abstract:
The interaction between soil arsenic and soil microorganisms has been identified as one of the important parts of the morphological transformation of soil arsenic. In order to investigate the interaction between Humic Acid complexing As(Ⅲ)[HA-As(Ⅲ)] and As(Ⅲ)-oxidizing bacteria (HN-2), the changes in arsenic speciation in the liquid phase and the solid phase, with different pH, were studied. The results indicated there was better As(Ⅲ) oxidation efficiency in the pH 7 reaction system. A part of As(Ⅲ) would be discharged from the HA-As(Ⅲ) solid phase during hours 0-10 in the reaction system, with or without HN-2, and meanwhile it was found that HN-2 oxidized As(Ⅲ) to As(Ⅴ) rapidly, while As(Ⅲ) was oxidized into As(Ⅴ) by HA gradually. As(Ⅲ) complexing HA can be transformed into free-As(Ⅲ), and then oxidized into free-As(Ⅴ) by HN-2 over hours 10-24 of the reaction. The system achieved the equilibrium state after 48 h. The results of the X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) further confirmed the conclusions above.
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