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Enhanced degradation of benzene by percarbonate activated with Fe(II)-glutamate complex

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Effective degradation of benzene was achieved in sodium percarbonate (SPC)/Fe(II)-Glu system. The presence of glutamate (Glu) could enhance the regeneration of Fe(III) to Fe(II), which ensures the benzene degradation efficiency at wider pH range and eliminate the influence of HCO3 − in low concentration. Meanwhile, the significant scavenging effects of high HCO3 − concentration could also be overcome by increasing the Glu/SPC/Fe(II)/benzene molar ratio. Free radical probe compound tests, free radical scavenger tests, and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) analysis were conducted to explore the reaction mechanism for benzene degradation, in which hydroxyl radical (HO•) and superoxide anion radical (O2 •−) were confirmed as the predominant species responsible for benzene degradation. In addition, the results obtained in actual groundwater test strongly indicated that SPC/Fe(II)-Glu system is applicable for the remediation of benzene-contaminated groundwater in practice.

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This study was financially supported by the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41373094 and No. 51208199), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M570341), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (22A201514057 and 222201514339).

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    Xiaori Fu, Xiaogang Gu, Shuguang Lu, Zhouwei Miao, Minhui Xu, Xiang Zhang, Muhammad Danish, Hang Cui, Usman Farooq, Zhaofu Qiu & Qian Sui

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Fu, X., Gu, X., Lu, S. et al. Enhanced degradation of benzene by percarbonate activated with Fe(II)-glutamate complex. Environ Sci Pollut Res 23, 6758–6766 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-5908-2

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