1. Effects of Transition Metals and Rare Earths on Iron-Carbon Micro Electrolysis Degrading Dyeing Effluent
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Min Hua Chen, Ju Chi Kuang, and Xiao Gang Chen
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Electrolysis ,Zerovalent iron ,Materials science ,Inorganic chemistry ,General Engineering ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Manganese ,law.invention ,Catalysis ,Transition metal ,chemistry ,law ,Dyeing ,Effluent ,Cobalt - Abstract
The principle and methodology of effluent treatment by iron-carbon micro electrolysis were introduced in the paper. Then design of the orthogonal experiments for dyeing effluent treatment was formulated. Discussion of influences of related factors on effluent treatment followed. Results were got after the detailed analysis. Therefore, we deduced the mechanism that the cations of Transition Metal (TM) and rare earth (RE) assist of zero-valent irons catalyzing degradation of dyeing effluent. The mechanism is formed based on the following explanation. Cations of manganese and cobalt easily penetrate Fe0lattices, while Ce4+cations do it difficultly because of their larger radius. Thus Ce4+is weaker than both of Mn2+and Co2+for helping zero-valent irons to improve their activity. Furthermore, because the valence electron structure of Mn2+is more stable than that of Co2+, Mn2+is better for assisting zero-valent iron catalysis of degradation of dyeing effluent than Co2+. Therefore, ranking of influence for zero-valent iron catalysis activity from greatest to smallest is Mn2+, Co2+and Ce4+.
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- 2014
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