Modeling the Role in pH on Contaminant Sequestration by Zerovalent Metals: Chromate Reduction by Zerovalent Magnesium.
Environ Sci Technol
; 58(5): 2564-2573, 2024 Feb 06.
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The role of pH in sequestration of Cr(VI) by zerovalent magnesium (ZVMg) was characterized by global fitting of a kinetic model to time-series data from unbuffered batch experiments with varying initial pH values. At initial pH values ranging from 2.0 to 6.8, ZVMg (0.5 g/L) completely reduced Cr(VI) (18.1 µM) within 24 h, during which time pH rapidly increased to a plateau value of â¼10. Time-series correlation analysis of the pH and aqueous Cr(VI), Cr(III), and Mg(II) concentration data suggested that these conditions are controlled by combinations of reactions (involving Mg0 oxidative dissolution and Cr(VI) sequestration) that evolve over the time course of each experiment. Since this is also likely to occur during any engineering applications of ZVMg for remediation, we developed a kinetic model for dynamic pH changes coupled with ZVMg corrosion processes. Using this model, the synchronous changes in Cr(VI) and Mg(II) concentrations were fully predicted based on the Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetics and transition-state theory, respectively. The reactivity of ZVMg was different in two pH regimes that were pH-dependent at pH < 4 and pH-independent at the higher pH. This contrasting pH effect could be ascribed to the shift of the primary oxidant of ZVMg from H+ to H2O at the lower and higher pH regimes, respectively.
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Environ Sci Technol
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