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Nanoparticulate zero-valent iron (Fe0) was used to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) to remove low concentration of ammonia nitrogen in the aqueous system. The removal process was investigated under various conditions. It was indicated that the removal of \({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }\) followed the pseudo-first-order kinetic model for the initial reactions. The removal rate increased with the ascending of pH and Fe0 dosage, while declined with the ascent of initial \({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }\) concentration. The existence of nitrogenous compounds would inhibit the reactions, especially for the compounds with carboxyl structure functional groups. The identification of free radical proved that \(\cdot {\text{SO}}_{4}^{ - }\) is the main radical in Fe0/PMS for the removal of ammonia nitrogen. The inorganic products including \({\text{NO}}_{2}^{ - }\), \({\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - }\), Fe2+ and Fe3+ were detected with the detailed mechanism proposed. The results demonstrated that Fe0/PMS process was more effective on ammonia removal compared to single Fe0, Fe0/persulfate and Fe0/H2O2. This study proposed a cost-effective process for \({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }\) removal at very low concentration of sulfate radicals.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51508354), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project (No. 2016M590888) and Bureau of Science and Technology in Chengdu (2015-HM01-00502-SF). The authors are thankful to all the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and suggestions.
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Yang, Y., Guo, H., Zhang, Y. et al. Analysis on the removal of ammonia nitrogen using peroxymonosulfate activated by nanoparticulate zero-valent iron. Chem. Pap. 71, 1497–1505 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-017-0144-5
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