Perchlorate reduction during electrochemically induced pitting corrosion of zero-valent titanium (ZVT)

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• 作者：Chunwoo Lee^a ;   ; ^{clee@doosanhydro.com} ; Bill Batchelor^b ; Sung Hyuk Park^c ; Dong Suk Han^d ; Ahmed Abdel-Wahab^d ; Timothy A. Kramer¹
• 关键词：Perchlorate ; Reduction ; Corrosion ; Zero-valent titanium ; Reductant
• 刊名：Journal of Hazardous Materials
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：15 December 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：197
• 期：Complete
• 页码：183-189
• 全文大小：545 K

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Zero-valent metals and ionic metal species are a popular reagent for the abatement of contaminants in drinking water and groundwater and perchlorate is a contaminant of increasing concern. However, perchlorate degradation using commonly used reductants such as zero-valent metals and soluble reduced metal species is kinetically limited. Titanium in the zero-valent and soluble states has a high thermodynamic potential to reduce perchlorate. Here we show that perchlorate is effectively reduced to chloride by soluble titanium species in a system where the surface oxide film is removed from ZVT and ZVT is oxidized during electrochemically induced pitting corrosion to produce reactive soluble species. The pitting potential of ZVT was measured as 12.77 ¡À 0.04 V (SHE) for a 100 mM solution of perchlorate. The rate of perchlorate reduction was independent of the imposed potential as long as the potential was maintained above the pitting potential, but it was proportional to the applied current. Solution pH and surface area of ZVT electrodes showed negligible effects on rates of perchlorate reduction. Although perchlorate is effectively reduced during electrochemically induced corrosion of ZVT, this process may not be immediately applicable to perchlorate treatment due to the high potentials needed to produce active reductants, the amount of titanium consumed, the inhibition of perchlorate removal by chloride, and oxidation of chloride to chlorine.