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Title: Sonochemical reduction of Cr(VI) in air in the presence of organic additives: What are the involved mechanistic pathways?

Abstract

In this research, the sonochemical (850 kHz) reduction of Cr(VI) (0.3 mM, pH 2, reactor open to air) was analyzed in the presence of different additives. The effects on Cr(VI) reduction efficiency of added formic acid (FA, 10 mM), citric acid (Cit, 2 mM), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA, 1 mM), methanol (MeOH, 0.1 M), ethanol (EtOH, 0.1 M), 2-propanol (2-PrOH, 0.1 M), tert-butanol (t-BuOH, 0.1 M), phenol (PhOH, 2 mM) and sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS, 1 mM) have been evaluated in comparison with the system in the absence of additives. Complete Cr(VI) reduction was obtained only when using EDTA (at 120 min) and Cit (at 180 min). Cr(III) complexes with these compounds or with their degradation products were detected as final products. For EDTA, Cit, t-BuOH, FA and SLS, the Cr(VI) decay could be adjusted to a zero-order kinetics; in the cases of MeOH, EtOH and 2-PrOH, there was a deviation from the zero-order kinetics. The Cr(VI) conversion increased in the order SLS (very low) < no additive ≅ MeOH ≅ EtOH ≅ 2-PrOH < FA < t-BuOH < PhOH < Cit < EDTA. The role of EDTA and Cit in stabilizing intermediate Cr(V) peroxo compounds and enhancing their direct transformationmore » into different Cr(III) species is considered a major factor in the acceleration of Cr(VI) reduction processes. Mechanistic pathways are proposed.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Buenos Aires (Argentina); National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET)
  2. National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Energy Technologies Area
  4. National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), Buenos Aires (Argentina); National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET); Univ. Nacional de General San Martin, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (Argentina)
OSTI Identifier:
1637284
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; PICT2011-0463; 2015-208; PICT-3640
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 48; Journal ID: ISSN 1350-4177
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Cr(VI); sonochemical reduction; organic additives

Citation Formats

Meichtry, Jorge M., Slodowicz, Mariel, Cancelada, Lucía, Destaillats, Hugo, and Litter, Marta I. Sonochemical reduction of Cr(VI) in air in the presence of organic additives: What are the involved mechanistic pathways?. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.05.014.
Meichtry, Jorge M., Slodowicz, Mariel, Cancelada, Lucía, Destaillats, Hugo, & Litter, Marta I. Sonochemical reduction of Cr(VI) in air in the presence of organic additives: What are the involved mechanistic pathways?. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.05.014
Meichtry, Jorge M., Slodowicz, Mariel, Cancelada, Lucía, Destaillats, Hugo, and Litter, Marta I. Fri . "Sonochemical reduction of Cr(VI) in air in the presence of organic additives: What are the involved mechanistic pathways?". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.05.014. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1637284.
@article{osti_1637284,
title = {Sonochemical reduction of Cr(VI) in air in the presence of organic additives: What are the involved mechanistic pathways?},
author = {Meichtry, Jorge M. and Slodowicz, Mariel and Cancelada, Lucía and Destaillats, Hugo and Litter, Marta I.},
abstractNote = {In this research, the sonochemical (850 kHz) reduction of Cr(VI) (0.3 mM, pH 2, reactor open to air) was analyzed in the presence of different additives. The effects on Cr(VI) reduction efficiency of added formic acid (FA, 10 mM), citric acid (Cit, 2 mM), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA, 1 mM), methanol (MeOH, 0.1 M), ethanol (EtOH, 0.1 M), 2-propanol (2-PrOH, 0.1 M), tert-butanol (t-BuOH, 0.1 M), phenol (PhOH, 2 mM) and sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS, 1 mM) have been evaluated in comparison with the system in the absence of additives. Complete Cr(VI) reduction was obtained only when using EDTA (at 120 min) and Cit (at 180 min). Cr(III) complexes with these compounds or with their degradation products were detected as final products. For EDTA, Cit, t-BuOH, FA and SLS, the Cr(VI) decay could be adjusted to a zero-order kinetics; in the cases of MeOH, EtOH and 2-PrOH, there was a deviation from the zero-order kinetics. The Cr(VI) conversion increased in the order SLS (very low) < no additive ≅ MeOH ≅ EtOH ≅ 2-PrOH < FA < t-BuOH < PhOH < Cit < EDTA. The role of EDTA and Cit in stabilizing intermediate Cr(V) peroxo compounds and enhancing their direct transformation into different Cr(III) species is considered a major factor in the acceleration of Cr(VI) reduction processes. Mechanistic pathways are proposed.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ultsonch.2018.05.014},
journal = {Ultrasonics Sonochemistry},
number = ,
volume = 48,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Temporal profile of normalized Cr(VI) concentration ([Cr(VI)]/ ([Cr (VI)]0) during the sonochemical experiments of Cr(VI) in the presence of different additives: (a) with EDTA, Cit, FA, SLS, PhOH and t-BuOH; (b) with MeOH, EtOH and 2-PrOH. Conditions: [Cr(VI)]0 = 0.30 mM, pH 2 (HClO4), T = 30 °C,more » reactor open to air. Dotted lines are only for a better visualization of points and do not correspond to any fitting model.« less

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