Reduction of chromium(VI) by pyrite in dilute aqueous solutions

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-199

  Lin, Yao Tung ^a   Huang, Ching Pao ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromate; Oxidation; Pyrite; Reduction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM PLATING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; GARNETS; METAL RECOVERY; PH; PYRITES; RATE CONSTANTS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE REACTIONS; VEGETATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ABIOTIC REDUCTION; ACIDIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONING; CHROMATE; CHROMIUM(VI); CR (VI); DILUTE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; FE (II); HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; HIGH ACTIVATION ENERGY; INITIAL RATE; OXIDATION; PYRITE; PYRITE OXIDATION; PYRITE SURFACES; REDUCTION; REDUCTION RATES; REDUCTION REACTIONS; SECOND ORDERS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; ZERO-ORDER;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 50449089778     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. 2, Physical Review B 65 (5) (2002) Art. No. 054107.
2. J.G. Kim, P.K. Jung, H.S. Moon, C.M. Chon, Reduction of hexavalent chromium by pyrite-rich andesite in different anionic solutions, Environmental Geology 42 (6) (200) 642-648.
3. Kleinman R.L.P. Acid mine drainage. Engineering and Mining Journal 90 7 (1989) 16I-116I
4. Moses C.O., Nordstrom D.K., Herman J.S., and Mills A.L. Aqueous pyrite oxidation by dissolved oxygen and by ferric iron. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51 6 (1987) 1561-1571
5. Stumm W., and Morgan J.J. Aquatic Chemistry. 2nd ed. (1981), John Wiley & Sons, New York
6. Nriagu J.O. Production and use of chromium. In: Nriagu J.O., and Nieboer E. (Eds). Chromium in the Natural and Human Environments (1988), Wiley & Sons, New York 81-104
7. Katz S.A., and Salem H. The Biological and Environmental Chemistry of Chromium (1994), VCH, New York
8. IIIaq-manganite (γ-MnOOH) interface: simultaneous adsorption, microprecipitation, oxidation/reduction, and dissolution, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (23) (200) 4119-4132.
9. Sasaki K., Tsunekawa M., Ohtsuka T., and Konno H. Confirmation of a sulfur-rich layer on pyrite after oxidative dissolution by Fe(III) ions around pH 2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59 15 (1995) 3155-3158
10. Katz S.A., and Salem H. The toxicology of chromium with respect to its chemical speciation-a review. Journal of Applied Toxicology 13 3 (1993) 217-224
11. USEPA, National Primary Drinking Water Standards, USEPA web site, 2001.
12. Ahmad S., and Qurehi I.H. Fast removal of chromium from industrial effluents using a natural mineral mixture. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry 44 (1991) 257-264
13. Anderson N.J., Bolto B.A., and Pawlowski L. A method for chromate removal from cooling-tower blowdown water. Nuclear and Chemical Waste Management 5 (1984) 125-129
14. J.W. Butler, U.S. Patent 3960722 (1984).
15. K.K.K. Fuji, Japan Patent 4051-972 (1977).
16. L.E. Lancy, U.S. Patent 3294680 (1966).
17. Zouboulis A.I., Kydros K.A., and Matis K.A. Removal of hexavalent chromium anions from solutions by pyrite fines. Water Research 29 7 (1995) 1755-1760
18. Patterson R.R., Fendorf S., and Fendorf M. Reduction of hexavalent chromium by amorphous iron sulfide. Environmental Science & Technology 31 7 (1997) 2039-2044
19. Buerge I.J., and Hug S.J. Kinetics and pH dependence of chromium(VI) reduction by iron(II). Environmental Science & Technology 31 5 (1997) 1426-1432
20. Gould J.P. The kinetics of hexavalent chromium reduction by metallic iron. Water Research 16 (1982) 871-877
21. Wittbrodt P.R., and Palmer C.D. Reduction of Cr(VI) in the presence of excess soil fulvic-acid. Environmental Science & Technology 29 1 (1995) 255-263
22. Deng B.L., and Stone A.T. Surface-catalyzed chromium(VI) reduction: reactivity comparisons of different organic reductants and different oxide surfaces. Environmental Science & Technology 30 8 (1996) 2484-2494
23. White A.F., and Yee A. Aqueous oxidation-reduction kinetics associated with coupled electron-cation transfer from iron-containing silicates at 25 °C. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 49 (1985) 1263-1275
24. Eary L.E., and Rai D. Kinetics of chromate reduction by ferrous irons derived from hematite and botite at 25 °C. American Journal of Science 289 (1989) 180-213
25. Blowes D.W., Ptacek C.J., and Jambor J.L. In-situ remediation of Cr(VI)-contaminated groundwater using permeable reactive walls: laboratory studies. Environmental Science & Technology 31 12 (1997) 3348-3357
26. Ilton E.S., Veblen D.R., Moses C.O., and Raeburn S.P. The catalytic effect of sodium and lithium ions on coupled sorption-reduction of chromate at the biotite edge-fluid interface. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 61 17 (1997) 3543-3563
27. Preda M., and Cox M.E. Trace metal occurrence and distribution in sediments and mangroves, Pumicestone region, southeast Queensland, Australia. Environment International 28 (2002) 433-449
28. Loyaux-Lawniczak S., Refait P., Ehrhardt J.J., Lecomte P., and Genin J.M.R. Trapping of Cr by formation of ferrihydrite during the reduction of chromate ions by Fe(II)-Fe(III) hydroxy salt green rusts. Environmental Science & Technology 34 3 (2000) 438-443
29. Moses C.O., Nordsrom D.K., Herman J.S., and Mills A.L. Aqueous pyrite oxidation by dissoloved oxygen and by ferric iron. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51 6 (1987) 1561-1571
30. Wang J.M., Huang C.P., Allen H.E., Kim D.W., and Cha D. Adsorption characteristics of dye onto sludge particulates. Journal of Colloid & Interface Science 208 2 (1998) 518-528
31. Huang C.P., and Bowers A.R. The use of activated carbon for chromium(VI) removal. Progress in Water Technology 10 (1978) 45-64
32. American Public Health Association, Standard Method for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 2nd ed., Washington D.C., 1985.
33. Garrels K.M., and Thompson M.E. Oxidation of pyrite by iron sulfate solution. American Journal of Science 258-A (1960) 57-67
34. E.E. Smith, K. Svanks, K.S. Shumate, Sulfide to sulfate reaction studies, in: Proceedings of the Second Symposium Coal Mine Drainage Research, Pittsburgh, 1968.
35. Wiersma C.L., and Rimstidt J.D. Rates of reaction of pyrite and marcasite with ferric iron at pH 2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 48 (1984) 85-92
36. B. Kindl, J.G. Atkinson, U.S. Patent 3896209 (1978).
37. N. Sakakibara, S. Ohnom, S. Shimuzu, U.S. Patent 4169053 (1979).
38. Skopp J. Analysis of time dependent chemical processes in soils. American Journal of Science 15 (1986) 205-213
39. Goldhaber M.B. Experimental study of metastable sulfur oxyanion formation during pyrite oxidation at pH 6-9 and 30 °C. American Journal of Science 283 (1983) 193-217
40. Loyaux-Lawniczak S., Lecomte P., and Ehrhardt J.-J. Behavior of hexavalent chromium in a polluted groundwater: redox processes and immobilization in soils. Environmental Science & Technology 35 7 (2001) 1350-1357
41. McKibben M.A., and Barnes H.L. Oxidation of pyrite in low temperature acidic solutions: rate laws and surface texture. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 50 (1986) 1509-1520
42. Sullivan P.J., Yelton J.L., and Reddy K.J. Iron sulfide oxidation and the chemistry of acid generation. Environmental Geology Water Science 11 3 (1988) 289-295
43. Singer P.C., and Stumm W. Acidic mine drainage: the rate-determining step. American Journal of Science (1970) 1121-1123
44. Moses C.O., and Herman J.S. Pyrite oxidation at circumneutral pH. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 55 (1991) 471-482
45. Latimer M.W. Oxidation Potential. Prentice-Hall. (1964)
46. Eary L.E., and Rai D. Chromate removal from aqueous wastes by reduction with ferrous in. Environmental Science & Technology 22 8 (1998) 972-977
47. Luther III G.W. Oxidation and reduction: molecular orbital theory consideration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 51 (1987) 3193-3199
48. Lowson R.T. Aqueous oxidation of pyrite by molecular oxygen. Chemistry Review 82 (1982) 461-497