『Abstract
Nitrate contamination of groundwater represents a threat to human
health. Many researchers have studied zerovalent iron as a mean
to remediate nitrate contamination. However, the application of
such method is limited by ammonium production. This work investigates
the use of microscale iron particles in association with zeolitite,
a natural material containing zeolite, to remove nitrate and ammonium
from groundwater. The association of the two materials is shown
to lower the nitrate concentration in both deionized water and
groundwater under the limit suggested by the European Union and
to significantly reduce the ammonium concentration. The method
is potentially applicable in water filtration.
Keywords: Micrometric iron; Nitrate; Zeolitite; Groundwater; Water
filtration』
1. Introduction
2. Experimental section
2.1. Material characterization
2.2. Abiotic reduction of nitrate by zerovalent iron
2.3. Ammonium adsorption on zeolitite
3.Results and discussion
3.1.Abiotic nitrate reduction by zerovalent iron: Effect
of interaction time
3.2. Abiotic nitrate reduction: Effect of the amount of iron
3.2.1. Nitrate reduction in deionized water
3.2.2. Nitrate reduction in groundwater
3.3. Ammonium adsorption on zeolitite
3.4. Ammonium adsorption on zeolitite after nitrate reduction
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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