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Effective Removal of Bromate in Water by Iron-Modified Spent Bleaching Earth Carbon: Reaction Behavior and Mechanism

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In this study, the spent bleaching earth carbon (SBE@C) was modified with iron to obtain the iron-modified spent bleaching earth carbon (defined as FexOy-SBE@C) to remove bromate. The pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir model could well fit the bromate removal process. When the temperature was increased from 25 to 45 °C, bromate removal efficiency increased, and FexOy-SBE@C exhibited the highest bromate removal capacity of 521.82 mg/g at 45 °C. The effect of coexisting anions was investigated, and their adverse effects decreased in the order of PO43->NO3->SO42-. The higher the concentration of coexisting ions, the greater their inhibitory effect on bromate removal. By studying the effect of pH, it was found that the bromate removal was the highest at pH = 3. Characterization analysis confirmed that the iron was successfully loaded on the surface of SBE@C. The main mechanism for bromate removal by FexOy-SBE@C was the reduction of zero-valent iron and divalent iron with bromate to form the bromide ion. Overall, FexOy-SBE@C is a high-performance material for bromate removal.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52070073, 51878251, 52200013), the Excellent Youth Natural Science Foundation Project of Henan Province (No. 212300410034), the Key Projects of Scientific and Technological Collaborative Innovation of Zhengzhou City (No. 21ZZXTCX05), and the Doctoral Scientific Research Start-up Foundation from Henan University of Technology (No. 2020BS005).

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    Dongjin Wan, Heyu Wan, Yahui Shi, Zhixin Liu, Jiangnan Luo & Chuxuan Cao

  2. Zhengzhou Key Laboratory of Water Safety and Water Ecology Technology, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China

    Dongjin Wan, Heyu Wan & Yahui Shi

  3. Institute for Carbon Neutrality, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, 450001, Henan, China

    Dongjin Wan & Yahui Shi

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Wan, D., Wan, H., Shi, Y. et al. Effective Removal of Bromate in Water by Iron-Modified Spent Bleaching Earth Carbon: Reaction Behavior and Mechanism. Water Air Soil Pollut 234, 588 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06603-2

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