Abstract
Secondary iron minerals play significant roles in the immobilization of As under acidic conditions, such as acid mine drainage. However, previous research works have not clarified the effect of pH on As(III) removal through coprecipitation with secondary minerals. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the discrepancy in As(III) coprecipitation with biogenic synthesized schwertmannite (Sch) and jarosite (Jar) at different pH values. For this, concentrations of Fe2+, TFe, , and As(III) in shake flasks were monitored during an overall incubation period of 83 h at initial pH of 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5. In addition, the physicochemical properties of collected minerals after incubation were identified using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, pore size distribution, and Brunauer - Emmett - Teller surface area analyses. Our results showed that almost no mineral synthesis and no As(III) removal were detected in coprecipitated schwertmannite (Co-Sch) system and coprecipitated jarosite (Co-Jar) system at an initial pH of 1.5. The TFe precipitation efficiencies and As(III) removal efficiencies increased considerably and morphologies of Co-Sch and Co-Jar improved significantly when the initial pH value increased from 2.0-2.5. The maximum TFe precipitation efficiency and As(III) removal efficiency reached 30.8% and 89.6%, respectively, for the Co-Sch system, and were 47.5% and 37.4%, respectively, for the Co-Jar system. The overall results show that pH significantly affects the formation of Co-Sch and Co-Jar and the behaviour of As(III) coprecipitation.
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