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Arsenate removal from aqueous solution by siderite synthesized under high temperature and high pressure

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In present study, a novel method was developed to synthesize siderite under high temperature and high pressure (SID-HTP). SID-HTP was characterized by N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms (BET), XRD, SEM, and FTIR and utilized to remove arsenic(V) (As(V)) from aqueous solution. Results showed that, under oxic condition, pH had ignorable effect on As(V) adsorption. However, adsorption capacity increased with increasing pH from 2 to 7 and remained relatively constant at higher pH until 10 under anoxic condition. Higher adsorption was obtained in the presence of oxygen, showing oxygen-enhanced As(V) adsorption on SID-HTP. In both cases, adsorption equilibrium was achieved within 12 h and adsorption process was better described by pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The equilibrium data fitted well with Langmuir isotherm model for As(V) adsorption. The maximum adsorption capacity increased with increasing temperature, which was up to 42 mg g−1 at 55 °C in the presence of oxygen. Thermodynamic study revealed that the adsorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process. The mechanism of oxygen-enhanced adsorption was mainly ascribed to the –OH on the surface of FeOOH (goethite and lepidocrocite) in the SID-HTP. It suggested that SID-HTP would be a potentially attractive adsorbent for As(V) removal.

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The study has been financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41672225 and 41222020), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2652013028), and the Fok Ying-Tung Education Foundation, China (Grant No. 131017).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Zhilin Yang, Wei Xiu & Huaming Guo

  2. MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environment Evolution and School of Water Resources and Environment, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Zhilin Yang, Huaming Guo & Fulan Li

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Yang, Z., Xiu, W., Guo, H. et al. Arsenate removal from aqueous solution by siderite synthesized under high temperature and high pressure. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 19402–19411 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9611-3

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