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Behavior and mechanism of arsenate adsorption on activated natural siderite: evidences from FTIR and XANES analysis

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Activated natural siderite (ANS) was used to investigate its characteristics and mechanisms of As(V) adsorption from aqueous solution. Batch tests were carried out to determine effects of contact time, initial As(V) concentration, temperature, pH, background electrolyte, and coexisting anions on As(V) adsorption. Arsenic(V) adsorption on ANS well-fitted pseudo-second-order kinetics. ANS showed a high-adsorption capacity of 2.19 mg/g estimated from Langmuir isotherm at 25 °C. Thermodynamic studies indicated that As(V) adsorption on ANS was spontaneous, favorable, and endothermic. ANS adsorbed As(V) efficiently in a relatively wide pH range between 2.0 and 10.0, although the removal efficiency was slightly higher in acidic conditions than that in basic conditions. Effects of background electrolyte and coexisting anions were not significant within the concentration ranges observed in high As groundwater. Results of XRD and Fe K-edge XANES analysis suggested ANS acted as an Fe(II)/(III) hybrid system, which was quite effective in adsorbing As from aqueous solution. There was no As redox transformation during adsorption, although Fe(II) oxidation occurred in the system. Two infrared bands at 787 and 872 cm−1 after As(V) adsorption suggested that As(V) should be predominantly adsorbed on ANS via inner-sphere bidendate binuclear surface complexes.

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Acknowledgment

The study has been financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 41172224 and 40872160), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (no. NCET-07-0770), and the Fok Ying-Tung Education Foundation, China (grant no. 131017). The authors would like to thank the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Beamline BL15U) and its staff (X. Yu and A. Li) for allowing us to perform the XANES analyses. Dr. G. H. Shi is acknowledged for his help in FTIR analysis.

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Zhao, K., Guo, H. Behavior and mechanism of arsenate adsorption on activated natural siderite: evidences from FTIR and XANES analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 21, 1944–1953 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2097-8

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