Advances in Sulfidation of Zerovalent Iron for Water Decontamination

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Ecology, Environment & Conservation -- Fresh data on Science - Environmental Science and Technology are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “Sulfidation has gained increasing interest in recent years for improving the sequestration of contaminants by zerovalent iron (ZVI). In view of the bright prospects of the sulfidated ZVI (S-ZVI), this review comprehensively summarized the latest developments in sulfidation of ZVI, particularly that of nanoscale ZVI (S-nZVI).”

Financial supporters for this research include Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Tongji University, Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse.

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, “The milestones in development of S-ZVI technology including its background, enlightenment, synthesis, characterization, water remediation and treatment, etc., are summarized. Under most circumstances, sulfidation can enhance the sequestration of various organic compounds and metal(loid)s by ZVI to various extents. In particular, the reactivity of S-ZVI toward contaminants is strongly dependent on S/Fe molar ratio, sulfidation method, and solution chemistry. Additionally, sulfidation can improve the selectivity of ZVI toward targeted over water under anaerobic conditions. The mechanisms of sulfidation-induced improvement in contaminants sequestration by ZVI are also summarized.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Finally, this review identifies the current knowledge gaps and future research needs of S-ZVI for environmental application.”

For more information on this research see: Advances in Sulfidation of Zerovalent Iron for Water Decontamination. Environmental Science & Technology , 2017;51(23):13533-13544. Environmental Science & Technology can be contacted at: Amer Chemical Soc, 1155 16TH St, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. (American Chemical Society - www.acs.org; Environmental Science & Technology - http://www.pubs.acs.org/journal/esthag)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting X.H. Guan, Shanghai Inst Pollut Control & Ecol Secur, Shanghai 200092, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include X.Y. Zhang, Y.K. Sun, L.P. Liang, B.C. Pan, W.M. Zhang and J.X. Li.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b02695. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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CITATION: (2018-01-12), Studies from X.H. Guan et al Have Provided New Data on Environmental Science and Technology (Advances in Sulfidation of Zerovalent Iron for Water Decontamination), Ecology, Environment & Conservation, 2109, ISSN: 1945-6506, BUTTER® ID: 014968203

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