In situ remediation of chromium contaminated groundwater using zero valent iron
- Univ. of Waterloo, Ontario (Canada)
In situ porous reactive walls, using zero-valent iron as a reductant, are an alternative technology for the treatment of groundwater contaminated with electroactive elements, such as Cr(VI). Laboratory column and batch experiments were conducted to assess the treatment of Cr(VI) using zero-valent iron in the form of iron filings. Batch tests were conducted with and without calcite addition. Batch test results indicate that removal using iron filings is rapid, with initial Cr(VI) concentrations reduced from approximately 20 mg/L to < 0.05 mg/L within 3 hours. Iron filings retained from the batch tests were examined mineralogically. The results indicate that the most abundant secondary minerals are goethite, lepidocrocite, maghemite and hematite. Of these minerals, the most abundant was goethite. No discrete chromium-bearing phases were detected, but chromium-rich zones, containing up to 27.3 wt.% Cr as Cr(OH){sub 3}, were detected within the iron oxyhydroxides, most notably within the goethite. A flow-through column experiment, conducted at a flow rate of 10 m/a indicated continuing treatment of Cr(VI) at concentrations of approximately 20 mg/L to <0.05 mg/L for more than 130 pore volumes.
- OSTI ID:
- 126427
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950402-; TRN: 95:006086-0411
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 209. American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, Anaheim, CA (United States), 2-6 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 209th ACS national meeting; PB: 2088 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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