PMID- 32763574 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201207 LR - 20201214 IS - 1879-1298 (Electronic) IS - 0045-6535 (Linking) VI - 262 DP - 2021 Jan TI - Preparation of highly dispersive and antioxidative nano zero-valent iron for the removal of hexavalent chromium. PG - 127733 LID - S0045-6535(20)31928-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127733 [doi] AB - In this study, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) was employed to stabilize zero-valent iron nanoparticles (CMC-nFe(0)) to improve their dispersity and antioxidation for enhanced hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) removal. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation revealed that the nFe(0) agglomerated in clusters, while the CMC-nFe(0) connected as chains and presented higher dispersity. Therefore, compared with 54% of the nFe(0), the Cr(VI) removal rate of the CMC-nFe(0) increased by 0.8 time, reaching 97%. Besides, the nFe(0) precipitated in 1 d and was obviously oxidized within 7 d under anoxic condition, leading to a rapid decease of Cr(VI) removal efficiency from 54% to 3% in 56 d. In contrast, the CMC-nFe(0) showed no obvious subsidence and oxidized phenomenon within 14 d, which retained a relatively high Cr(VI) removal efficiency of 63% in 56 d, contributing to effective blockage of dissolved oxygen infiltrating from solution to nFe(0) particles in presence of CMC. After reaction, the valence state distribution of Cr between solution and material surface indicated that Cr(VI) reduction was dominant comparing to physical adsorption to particles in the remediation process conducted by CMC-nFe(0). In addition, lower initial pH and higher iron dosage facilitated Cr(VI) removal. Those results indicated that the dispersive and antioxidative characteristics of CMC-nFe(0) were significantly superior to those of nFe(0), and CMC stabilization thereafter can be a promising method to promote Cr(VI) elimination by nFe(0). CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Wu, Jinhua AU - Wu J AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. Electronic address: jinhuawu@scut.edu.cn. FAU - Yan, Mingjia AU - Yan M AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. FAU - Lv, Sihao AU - Lv S AD - School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China. FAU - Yin, Weizhao AU - Yin W AD - School of Environment, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China. FAU - Bu, Huaitian AU - Bu H AD - SINTEF Industry, Department of Materials and Nanotechnology, Forskningsveien 1, 0373, Oslo, Norway. FAU - Liu, Li AU - Liu L AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. FAU - Li, Ping AU - Li P AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. FAU - Deng, Hong AU - Deng H AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China. FAU - Zheng, Xiangyu AU - Zheng X AD - School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China; The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510006, China; The Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Eco-Remediation of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou, 510006, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200801 PL - England TA - Chemosphere JT - Chemosphere JID - 0320657 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 0R0008Q3JB (Chromium) RN - 18540-29-9 (chromium hexavalent ion) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) RN - K679OBS311 (Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Antioxidants/*chemistry MH - Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium/chemistry MH - Chromium/chemistry/*isolation & purification MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Iron/*chemistry MH - Metal Nanoparticles/chemistry MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxygen MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/chemistry/*isolation & purification OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antioxidation OT - Carboxymethyl cellulose OT - Chromium OT - Dispersity OT - Zero-valent iron COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2020/08/09 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2020/08/09 06:00 PHST- 2020/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/07/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0045-6535(20)31928-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127733 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chemosphere. 2021 Jan;262:127733. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127733. Epub 2020 Aug 1.