Author :
Wu, De-Li ; Wang, Hong-Wu ; Fan, Jing-Hong ; Ma, Lu-Ming
Abstract :
The influence of Cu on the dechlorination rate of various chlorinated hydrocarbons including CF, CT, 1,1,2,2-TeCA, 1,1,2,2-TeCA and HCA by Fe0 and Cu/Fe was investigated in batch experiments. All organohalides can be dechlorinated rapidly by Fe or Cu/Fe in aqueous system and the contaminants were degraded via sequential reductive dechlorination to form less chlorinated homologues. The removal of CF, CT, 1,1,1-TCA, 1,1,2,2-TeCA and HCA followed pseudo-first-order kinetics both in Fe0 system and Cu/Fe system. Cu/Fe reductant could enhance the dechlorination rate of all chlorinated hydrocarbons.The degradation rate constant of a general dechlorination was increased by a factor of 3 in Cu/Fe system than that in Fe0 system. The intermediate products of dechlorination and the major pathway were summarized in this study. Hydrogenolysis and reductive elimination was the dominant reaction for various chlorinated hydrocarbons dechlorination by Cu/Fe with respect to the products.
Keywords :
copper; decomposition; iron; molecule-molecule reactions; organic compounds; reaction kinetics; reduction (chemical); water; CuFe; H2O; aqueous system; bimetallic reductant; chlorinated hydrocarbon; dechlorination rate; hydrogenolysis; organohalides; pseudo-first-order kinetics; reductive elimination; sequential reductive dechlorination; water; Chemicals; Copper; Degradation; Hydrocarbons; Iron; Kinetic theory; Laboratories; Pollution control; Water pollution; Water resources;
