Degradation of trichloroethene with a noval ball milled Fe-C nanocomposite

Gao, Jie; Wang, Wei; Rondinone, Adam Justin; He, Feng; Liang, Liyuan

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.038

Title: Degradation of trichloroethene with a noval ball milled Fe-C nanocomposite

Journal Article · Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Hazardous Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.07.038· OSTI ID:1265761

Gao, Jie ^[1]; Wang, Wei ^[1]; Rondinone, Adam Justin ^[1]; He, Feng ^[2]; Liang, Liyuan ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China).

Nanoscale zero-valent iron (NZVI) is effective in reductively degrading dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), such as trichloroethene (TCE), in groundwater (i.e., dechlorination) although the NZVI technology itself still suffers from high material costs and inability to target hydrophobic contaminants in source zones. To address these problems, we developed a novel, inexpensive iron-carbon (Fe-C) nanocomposite material by simultaneously milling micron-size iron and activated carbon powder. Microscopic and X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterization of the composite material revealed that nanoparticles of Fe were dispersed in activated carbon and a new iron carbide phase was formed. Bench-scale studies showed that this material instantaneously sorbed >90% of TCE from aqueous solutions and subsequently decomposed TCE into non-chlorinated products. Compared to milled Fe, Fe-C nanocomposite dechlorinated TCE at a slightly slower rate and favored the production of ethene over other TCE degradation products such as C₃-C₆ compounds. When placed in hexane-water mixture, the Fe-C nanocomposite materials are preferentially partitioned into the organic phase, indicating the ability of the composite materials to target DNAPL during remediation.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1265761

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1249593

Journal Information:: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 300; ISSN 0304-3894

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