Simple combination of oxidants with zero-valent-iron (ZVI) achieved very rapid and highly efficient removal of heavy metals from water

Water Research

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 671-680

  Guo, Xuejun ^a   Yang, Zhe ^a   Dong, Haiyang ^a   Guan, Xiaohong ^b   Ren, Qidong ^a   Lv, Xiaofang ^a   Jin, Xin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Heavy metals; Mercury; Oxidants; Zero valent iron (ZVI)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; EFFICIENCY; IRON OXIDES; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OXIDANTS; POTABLE WATER; POTASH; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INITIAL PH; JAR-TEST; LIQUID SOLIDS; MERCURY; SIMPLE++; SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL; ZERO-VALENT IRON;

HEAVY METALS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; IRON NANOPARTICLE; IRON OXIDE; MERCURY; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IRON; OXIDIZING AGENT; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORROSION; DRINKING WATER; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IRON; IRON HYDROXIDE; IRON OXIDE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OXIDATION; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DIFFUSION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; STEADY STATE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; CORROSION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; METALS, HEAVY; OXIDANTS; POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84946771996     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.10.045     Document Type: Article

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