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- Title
Reduction of dinitrotoluene sulfonates in TNT red water using nanoscale zerovalent iron particles.
- Authors
Zhu, Shi-Ni; Liu, Guo-hua; Ye, Zhengfang; Zhao, Quanlin; Xu, Ying
- Abstract
Purpose: This research was designed to investigate the feasibility of converting the dinitrotoluene sulfonates (DNTS) in TNT red water into the corresponding aromatic amino compounds using nanoscale zerovalent iron (NZVI). Methods: NZVI particles were simultaneously synthesized and stabilized by sodium borohydride reduction in a nondeoxygenated system. The morphology, elemental content, specific surface area, and crystal properties of the NZVI were characterized before and after the reaction by environmental scanning electron microscope; energy dispersive X-ray; Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller; and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The reduction process was conducted at pH = 6.3 at ambient temperature. The efficiency of the NZVI-mediated DNTS reduction process was monitored by HPLC, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses. Results: The properties of the NZVI particles prepared were found to be similar to those obtained through oxygen-free preparation and inert stabilization processes. Both 2,4-DNT-3-sulfonate (2,220 mg L) and 2,4-DNT-5-sulfonate (3,270 mg L) in TNT red water underwent a pseudo-first-order transformation when mixed with NZVI at room temperature and near-neutral pH. Their observed rate constants were 0.11 and 0.30 min, respectively. Within 1 h of processing, more than 99% of DNTS was converted by NZVI-mediated reduction into the corresponding diaminotoluene sulfonates. Conclusions: NZVI can be simultaneously prepared and stabilized in a nondeoxygenated system. NZVI reduction is a highly efficient method for the conversion of DNTS into the corresponding diaminotoluene sulfonates under near-neutral pH conditions. Therefore, NZVI reduction may be useful in the treatment of TNT red water and subsequent recovery of diaminotoluene from explosive wastewater.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL reduction; DINITROTOLUENES; SULFONATES; AROMATIC compounds; FEASIBILITY studies; X-ray spectroscopy; WASTEWATER treatment
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 6, p2372
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-012-0749-8