Reduction Kinetics of Cr (VI) in Chromium Contaminated Soil by Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron-copper Bimetallic

Nanoscale zerovalent iron-copper bimetallic (nZVI/Cu) was produced by liquid-phase reduction and characterized by SEM and XRD. The remediation of Cr (VI) contaminated soil was conducted with nZVI/Cu, and the affecting factors and reduction kinetics were investigated. The results indicated that nZVI/Cu was effective in the degradation of Cr(VI) in soil at an initial pH of 7 at 30'C.After 10 min of reaction, Cr(VI) in the soil was completely degraded when the. concentration of nZVI/Cu was 2 g · L⁻' and the concentration of Cr(VI) in contaminated soil was 88 mg · kg⁻¹. nZVI/Cu amount, pH value, reaction temperature, and the concentration of humic acid affected the degradation of Cr(VI). The removal efficiency of Cr(VI)--increased with increasing reaction temperature and decreased with increasing initial pH value. Humic acid had a certain impact on the degradation of Cr(W) in soil. The removal of Cr (VI) followed the pseudo first order reduction kinetics model, and the relationship between the reduction rate and the reaction temperature accorded with Arrhenius law, and the reaction activation energy (Ea) was 104.26 kJ · mol⁻¹.