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Arsenate removal from underground water by polystyrene-confined hydrated ferric oxide (HFO) nanoparticles:effect of humic acid

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Arsenic decontamination from groundwater is an urgent but still challenging task. Polystyrene-based hydrated ferric oxide (denoted as D201-HFO) nanocomposite is a new emerging current adsorbent for efficient arsenate removal in natural waters; the resulting materials can interact with arsenate, mainly driven by inner complexation and static interaction and the existing HA effects on adsorption was well investigated. Results reveals that low concentrations of HA (below 25 mg/L) coexistence led to negligible effects on As(V) removal, but high levels of HA (100 mg/L) exerted outstanding sorption competition to As(V) removal; kinetics results revealed the HA additions brought about the diffusion prolonging and capacity decline, due to the large molecule structure of HA. Column experiments further showed the slight decrease application capacity of 810 BV by HA additions, with satisfactory saturation capacity; significantly, the presence of HA also exerted negligible influences on regeneration performances. All the sorbents with or without HA could be well regenerated by binary alkaline and salt mixture.

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This paper was financially supported with grants from the Major Projects of Fundamental and Applied Basic Research in Guangdong Province(2019B030302013),the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2018YFC1800806, 2018YFC1800205), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51178214, 51578476, 21876145) and State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, GIGCAS (Grant no. SKLOG-201618), and Supporting Plan for 100 Excellent Innovative Talents in Colleges and Universities of Hebei Province (SLRC2019041).

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    1. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China

      Yirong Deng, Yin Zhong & Ping’an Peng

    2. Guangdong Key Laboratory of Contaminated Sites Environmental Management and Remediation, Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, Guangzhou, 510045, China

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    3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

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    Deng, Y., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Q. et al. Arsenate removal from underground water by polystyrene-confined hydrated ferric oxide (HFO) nanoparticles:effect of humic acid. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 6861–6871 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07282-5

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