Antimony(V) removal from water by hydrated ferric oxides supported by calcite sand and polymeric anion exchanger

We fabricated and characterized two hybrid adsorbents originated from hydrated ferric oxides （HFOs） using a polymeric anion exchanger D201 and calcite as host. The resultant adsorbents （denoted as HFO-201 and IOCCS） were employed for Sb（V） removal from water. Increasing solution pH from 3 to 9 apparently weakened Sb（V） removal by both composites, while increasing temperature from 293 to 313 K only improved Sb（V） uptake by IOCCS. HFO-201 exhibited much higher capacity for Sb（V） than for IOCCS in the absence of other anions in solution. Increasing ionic strength from 0.01 to 0.1 mol/L NaNO3 would result in a significant drop of the capacity of HFO-201 in the studied pH ranges; however, negligible effect was observed for 1OCCS under similar conditions. Similarly, the competing chloride and sulfate pose more negative effect on Sb（V） adsorption by HFO-201 than by IOCCS, and the presence of silicate greatly decreased their adsorption simultaneously, while calcium ions were found to promote the adsorption of both adsorbents. XPS analysis further demonstrated that preferable Sb（V） adsorption by both hybrids was attributed to the inner sphere complexation of Sb（V） and HFO, and Ca（II） induced adsorption enhancement possibly resulted from the formation of HFO-Ca-Sb complexes. Column adsorption runs proved that Sb（V） in the synthetic water could be effectively removed from 30 μg/L to below 5μg/L （the drinking water standard regulated by China）, and the effective treatable volume of IOCCS was around 6 times as that of HFO-201, implying that HFO coatings onto calcite might be a more effective approach than immobilization inside D201.

Reaction behavior of ferric oxide in system Fe_2O_3-SiO_2-Al_2O_3 during reductive sintering process

Pure compounds and kaolin were employed to investigate the reaction behavior of ferric oxide in thetrinarysystem Fe2O3?SiO2?Al2O3 during reductive sintering process. The thermodynamic analyses and reductive sintering experimental results show that ferrous oxide generated from the reduction of ferric oxide by carbon can react with silicon dioxide and aluminum oxide to form ferrous silicate and hercynite at 1173 K, respectively. In the trinary system Fe2O3?SiO2?Al2O3, ferrous oxide obtained from ferric oxide reduction preferentially reacts with aluminum oxide to form hercynite, and the reaction of ferrous oxide with silicon dioxide occurs only when there is surplus ferrous oxide after the exhaustion of aluminum oxide. When sintering temperature rises to 1473 K, hercynite further reacts with silicon dioxide to form mullite and ferrous oxide. Results presented in this work may throw a new light upon the separation of alumina and silica present in Al/Fe-bearing materials with low mass ratio of alumina to silica in alumina production.

Conversion of ferric oxide to magnetite by hydrothermal reduction in Bayer digestion process

Digesting aluminum-bearing minerals and converting ferric oxide to magnetite simultaneously in Bayer digestion process is crucially important to deal with high-iron diasporic bauxite economically for alumina production.The reaction behaviors of hydrothermal reduction of ferric oxide in alkali solution were studied by both thermodynamic calculation and experimental investigation.The thermodynamic calculation indicates that Fe3O4 can be formed by the conversion of Fe2O3 at proper redox potentials in alkaline solution.The experimental results show that the formation ratio of Fe3O4 either through the reaction of Fe and Fe2O3 or through the reaction of Fe and H2O in alkaline aqueous solution increases remarkably with raising the temperature and alkali concentration,suggesting that Fe（OH）3- and Fe（OH）4- form by dissolving Fe and Fe2O3,respectively,in alkaline aqueous solution and further react to form Fe3O4.Moreover,aluminate ions have little influence on the hydrothermal reduction of Fe2O3 in alkaline aqueous solution,and converting iron minerals to magnetite can be realized in the Bayer digestion process of diasporic bauxite.

Efficient destruction of sodium cyanide by thermal decomposition with addition of ferric oxide

Efficient destruction of cyanide by thermal decomposition with ferric oxide addition was proposed. The mechanism of destruction of sodium cyanide with or without ferric oxide addition under various conditions was examined by XRD, DSC-TG, and chemical analysis technologies. In the absence of ferric oxide, sodium cyanide decomposes at 587.4 ℃ in air and 879.2 ℃ in argon atmosphere. In the presence of ferric oxide, about 60% of sodium cyanide decomposes at 350 ℃ for 30 min in argon, while almost all sodium cyanide decomposes within 30 min in air or O2 with mass ratio of ferric oxide to sodium cyanide of 1:1. The increase of ferric oxide addition, temperature, and heating time facilitates the destruction of sodium cyanide. It is believed that with ferric oxide addition, NaCN reacts with Fe2O3 to form Na4Fe(CN)6, Na2CO3, NaNO2 and Fe3O4 in argon. NaCN decomposes into NaCNO, Na4Fe(CN)6, minor NaNO2, and the formed NaCNO and Na4Fe(CN)6 further decompose into Na2CO3, CO2, N2, FeOx, and minor NOx in air or O2.

Extracting indium and preparing ferric oxide for soft magnetic ferrite materials from zinc calcine reduction lixivium

A hydrometallurgical process for indium extraction and ferric oxide powder preparation for soft magnetic ferrite material was developed. Using reduction lixivium from high-acid reductive leaching of zinc oxide calcine as raw solution, copper and indium were firstly recovered by iron powder cementation and neutralization. The recovery ratios of Cu and In are 99% and 95%, respectively. Some harmful impurities that have negative influences on magnetic properties of soft magnetic ferrite material are deeply removed with sulfidization purification and neutral flocculation method. Under the optimum conditions, the content of impurities like Cu, Pb, As, Al in pure Zn-Fe sulfate solution are less than 0.004 g/L, but those of Cd, Si, Ca and Mg are relatively high. Finally, thermal precipitation of iron is carried out at 210 ℃ for 1.5 h. The precipitation ratio of Fe is 93.33%. Compared with the quality standard of ferric oxide for soft magnetic ferrite materials, the contents of Al and Mg in obtained ferric oxide powder meet the requirement of YHT1 level of ferric oxide, and those of Si, Ca meet the requirement of YHT3 level of ferric oxide. XRD and SEM characterizations confirm that the obtained sample is well-dispersed spindle spherule with regular a-Fe2O3 crystal structure. The length-to-diameter ratio ofa-Fe2O3 powder is （3-4）：1 with an average particle size of 0.5 μm.

Recovery of Ferric Oxide from Bayer Red Mud by Reduction Roasting-Magnetic Separation Process

A great amount of red mud generated from alumina production by Bayer process was considered as a low-grade iron ore with a grade of 5wt% to 30wt% iron.We adopted the reduction roastingmagnetic separation process to recover ferric oxide from red mud.The red mud samples were processed by reduction roasting,grinding and magnetic separating respectively.The effects of different parameters on the recovery rate of iron were studied in detail.The optimum techqicalparameters were proposed with 700 ℃roasting for 20 min,as 50wt% carbon and 4wt% additive were added.The experimentalresults indicated that the iron recovery and the grade of totaliron were 91% and 60%,respectively.A novelprocess is applicable to recover ferric oxide from the red mud waste fines.

Amorphous ferric oxide as a hole-extraction and transfer layer on nanoporous bismuth vanadate photoanode for water oxidation

An amorphous ferric oxide layer was prepared on a bismuth vanadate photoanode.This resulted in improved charge carrier separation and surface catalytic performance compared with the photoanode without the oxide layer.The photocurrent of the oxide‐layer‐containing photoanode was2.52mA/cm2at1.23V versus the reversible hydrogen electrode,in potassium phosphate buffer,(0.5mol/L,pH=7.0).The amorphous ferric oxide layer on the photoanode contained low‐valence‐state iron species(FeII),which enabled efficient hole extraction and transfer.

Preparation of Superfine Fe_3O_4 Cubic Powders

A kind of superfine Fe_3O_4 cubic powder has been prepared chemi- cally.Its formation is related with the concentration of Na^(+1) in the chemical reaction.Given the same particle size,a superfine Fe_3O_4 cubic powder has a higher H(?) and lower σ,than one made up of spherical Fe_O_4.

Promoting effects of Fe_2O_3 to Pt electrocatalysts toward methanol oxidation reaction in alkaline electrolyte

Fe_2O_3 nanorods and hexagonal nanoplates were synthesized and used as the promoters for Pt electrocatalysts toward the methanol oxidation reaction（MOR） in an alkaline electrolyte.The catalysts were characterized by scanning electron microscopy,transmission electron microscopy,X-ray diffraction,X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry.The results show that the presence of Fe_2O_3 in the electrocatalysts can promote the kinetic processes of MOR on Pt,and this promoting effect is related to the morphology of the Fe_2O_3 promoter.The catalyst with Fe_2O_3 nanorods as the promoter（Pt-Fe_2O_3/C-R） exhibits much higher catalytic activity and stability than that with Fe_2O_3 nanoplates as the promoter（Pt-Fe_2O_3/C-P）.The mass activity and specific activity of Pt in a Pt-Fe_2O_3/C-R catalyst are 5.32 A/mgpt and 162.7 A/m^2_（Pt）,respectively,which are approximately 1.67 and 2.04 times those of the Pt-Fe_2O_3/C-P catalyst,and 4.19 and 6.16 times those of a commercial PtRu/C catalyst,respectively.Synergistic effects between Fe_2O_3 and Pt and the high content of Pt oxides in the catalysts are responsible for the improvement.These findings contribute not only to our understanding of the MOR mechanism but also to the development of advanced electrocatalysts with high catalytic properties for direct methanol fuel cells.

Fe-TiO_2 and Fe_2O_3 quantum dots co-loaded on MCM-41 for removing aqueous rose bengal by combined adsorption/photocatalysis

Adsorption and photodegradation are promising approaches for removing organic pollutions.In this study,we combined these two processes by co-loading Fe-TiO2 and Fe2O3 quantum dots(QDs)on porous MCM-41,using a simple hydrolysis method.X-ray diffraction,high-resolution transmission electron microscopy,and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results indicated that Fe-TiO2 QDs are formed at low Fe precursor concentrations,while additional Fe2O3 QDs are formed at higher Fe precursor concentrations.The Fe2O3 and Fe-TiO2 QDs impart high adsorption capacity and high photoactivity to the porous MCM-41,respectively.Thus,their combination results in a synergic effect of the adsorption and photodegradation.The highest-performing sample exhibits excellent performance in removing rose bengal from aqueous solution.

A novel synthesis of LiFePO_4/C from Fe_2O_3 without extra carbon or carbon-containing reductant

A novel synthesis of LiFePO4/C from Fe2O3 with no extra carbon or carbon-containing reductant was introduced： Fe2O3 （＋NH4H2PO4）→Fe2P2O7（＋Li2CO3＋glucose）→LiFePO4/C. X-ray diffractometry （XRD）, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR） and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） were utilized to characterize relevant products obtained in the synthetic procedure. The reaction of Fe2P2O7 and Li2CO3 was investigated by thermo-gravimetric and differential thermal analysis （TGA-DTA）. Fe2O3 is completely reduced to Fe2P2O7 by NH4H2PO4 at 700 ℃ and Fe2P2O7 fully reacts with Li2CO3 to form LiFePO4 in the temperature range of 663.4-890 ℃. The primary particles of LiFePO4/C samples prepared at 670, 700 and 750 ℃ respectively exhibit uniform morphology and narrow size distribution, 0.5-3 μm for those obtained at 670 and 700 ℃ and 0.5-5 μm for those obtained at 750 ℃. LiFePO4/C （carbon content of 5.49%, mass fraction） made at 670 ℃ shows an appreciable average capacity of 153.2 mA·h/g at 0.1C in the first 50 cycles.

Highly selective acetone sensor based on ternary Au/Fe_2O_3-ZnO synthesized via co-precipitation and microwave irradiation

Ternary Au/Fe2O3-ZnO gas-sensing materials were synthesized by combining co-precipitation and microwave irradiation process.The as-prepared Au/Fe2O3-ZnO was characterized with X-ray diffractometer and scanning electron microscope,and its gas-sensing performance was measured using a gas-sensor analysis system.The results show that the as-prepared products consist of hexagonal wurtzite ZnO,face-centered cubic gold nanoparticles and orthorhombic Fe2O3crystallines.The Au/Fe2O3-ZnO based sensor has a very high selectivity to ethanol and acetone,and also has high sensitivity(154)at a low working temperature(270°C)and an extremely fast response(1s)against acetone.It is found that the selectivity can be adjusted by Fe2O3content added in the ternary materials.It possesses a worth looking forward prospect to practical applications in acetone detecting and administrating field.

Influence of hydrogen concentration on Fe_2O_3 particle reduction in fluidized beds under constant drag force

The fixed-gas drag force from a model calculation method that stabilizes the agitation capabilities of different gas ratios was used to explore the influence of temperature and hydrogen concentration on fluidizing duration, metallization ratio, utilization rate of reduction gas, and sticking behavior. Different hydrogen concentrations from 5vol%to 100vol%at 1073 and 1273 K were used while the drag force with the flow of N2 and H2 （N2：2 L·min^-1;H2：2 L·min^-1） at 1073 K was chosen as the standard drag force. The metallization ratio, mean reduc-tion rate, and utilization rate of reduction gas were observed to generally increase with increasing hydrogen concentration. Faster reduction rates and higher metallization ratios were obtained when the reduction temperature decreased from 1273 to 1073 K. A numerical relation among particle diameter, particle drag force, and fluidization state was plotted in a diagram by this model.

Effects of Fe2O3 on the properties of ceramics from steel slag

Ferric oxide is one of the key factors affecting both the microstructure and the properties of CaO-MgO-SiO2-based ceramics. Research on this effect is significant in the utilization of iron-rich solid wastes in ceramics. Ceramic samples with various Fe2O3 contents（0 wt%, 5 wt%, and 10 wt%） were prepared and the corresponding physical properties and microstructure were studied. The results indicated that Fe2O3 not only played a fluxing role, but also promoted the formation of crystals. Ceramics with 5 wt% of Fe2O3 addition attained the best mechanical properties with a flexural strength of 132.9 MPa. Iron ions were dissolved into diopside, consequently causing phase transformation from diopside and protoenstatite to augite, thereby contributing to the enhancement of its properties. An excess amount of Fe2O3 addition（10 wt% or more） resulted in deteriorated properties due to the generation of an excess volume of liquid and the formation of high-porosity structures within ceramics.

Effect of functional groups on the crystallization of ferric oxides/oxyhydroxides in suspension environment

This paper investigated the effects of five kinds of Au surfaces terminated with and without functional groups on the crystallization of ferric oxides/oxyhydroxides in the suspension condition. Self-assembled monolayers （SAMs） were used to create hydroxyl （-OH）, carboxyl （-COOH）, amine （-NH2） and methyl （-CH3） functionalized surfaces, which proved to be of the same surface density. The immersion time of substrates in the Fe（OH）3 suspension was divided into two time portions. During the first period of 2 h, few ferric oxide/oxyhydroxide was deposited except that E-Fe203 was detected on -NH2 surface. Crystallization for 10h evidenced more kinds of iron compounds on the functional surfaces. Goethite and maghemite were noticed on four functional surfaces, and maghemite also grew on Au surface. Deposition of ^-Fe203 was found on -OH surface, while the growth of orthorhombic and hexagon FeOOH were indicated on -NH2 surface. Considering the wide existence of iron compounds in nature, our investigation is a precedent work to the study of iron biomineralization in the suspension area.

Oxide coating mechanism during fluidized bed reduction: solid-state reaction characteristics between iron ore particles and MgO

Experiments on the solid-state reaction between iron ore particles and MgO were performed to investigate the coating mechanism of MgO on the iron ore particles＇ surface during fluidized bed reduction. MgO powders and iron ore particles were mixed and compressed into briquettes and, subsequently, roasted at different temperatures and for different time periods. A Mg-containing layer was observed on the outer edge of the iron ore particles when the roasting temperature was greater than 1173 K. The concentration of Fe in the Mg-containing layer was evenly distributed and was approximately 10wt%, regardless of the temperature change. Boundary layers of Mg and Fe were observed outside of the iron ore particles. The change in concentration of Fe in the boundary layers was simulated using a gas–solid diffusion model, and the diffusion coefficients of Fe and Mg in these layers at different temperatures were calculated. The diffusion activation energies of Fe and Mg in the boundary layers in these experiments were evaluated to be approximately 176 and 172 k J/mol, respectively.

Thermal decomposition mechanism of ammonium sulfate catalyzed by ferric oxide

The decomposition mechanism of ammonium sulfate catalyzed by ferric oxide was investigated in this paper. The decomposition kinetics parameters were determined via a global optimization of the Kissinger iterative method using the non-isothermal thermogravi- metric analysis data. The products and intermediates were synchronously characterized by X-ray diffraction and mass spectrometry. The obtained results indicate that the decomposition process of ammonium sulfate catalyzed by ferric oxide can be divided into four stages of which the activation energies are 123.64, 126.58, 178.77 and 216.99 kJ. mol^-1 respectively. The decomposition mechanisms at the first and the fourth stage both belong to Mample power theorem, the second stage belongs to Avrami-Erofeev equation and the third belongs to contracting sphere （volume） equation. The corresponding pre-exponential factors （A） are calculated simultaneously.

Synthesis of novel hydrated ferric oxide biochar nanohybrids for efficient arsenic removal from wastewater

Hydrated ferric oxide(HFO)has high adsorption efficiency for As(Ⅲ).However,its high self-aggregation usually reduces the efficiency and limits the scaledup application.Herein,biochar(BC),with large surface area and amounts of surface functional groups was used to tune the loading and distribution of HFO to prepare an efficient adsorbent(HFO/BC)via in-situ synthesis method.The influence of the mass ratio of iron salt to BC on HFO/BC morphology was investigated,and the mechanism was discussed.The results showed that novel HFO was formed and distributed uniformly on the surface of BC when the mass ratio of iron salt to BC was 5:1.The adsorption kinetics and isotherms studies show that the novel HFO/BC(5:1)composite can fast treat As(Ⅲ)with a high adsorption capacity of 104.55 mg·g^(-1),indicating that it is a potential material for removing arsenic from polluted water.

Fabrication and catalytic performance of meso-ZSM-5 zeolite encapsulated ferric oxide nanoparticles for phenol hydroxylation

An encapsulation-structured Fe_(2)O_(3)@mesoZSM-5(Fe@MZ5)was fabricated by confining Fe_(2)O_(3) nanoparticles(ca.4 nm)within the ordered mesopores of hierarchical ZSM-5 zeolite(meso-ZSM-5),with ferric oleate and amphiphilic organosilane as the iron source and meso-porogen,respectively.For comparison,catalysts with Fe_(2)O_(3)(ca.12 nm)encapsulated in intra-crystal holes of meso-ZSM-5 and with MCM-41 or ZSM-5 phase as the shell were also prepared via sequential desilication and recrystallization at different pH values and temperatures.Catalytic phenol hydroxylation performance of the as-prepared catalysts using H_(2)O_(2) as oxidant was compared.Among the encapsulation-structured catalysts,Fe@MZ5 showed the highest phenol conversion and hydroquinone selectivity,which were enhanced by two times compared to the Fe-oxide impregnated ZSM-5(Fe/Z5).Moreover,the Fe-leaching amount of Fe@MZ5 was only 3% of that for Fe/Z5.The influence of reaction parameters,reusability,and ·OH scavenging ability of the catalysts were also investigated.Based on the above results,the structure-performance relationship of these new catalysts was preliminarily described.

Surface chemistry of polymer-supported nano-hydrated ferric oxide for arsenic removal: effect of host pore structure

Immobilization of hydrous ferric oxide(HFO) particles inside solid hosts of porous structure is an important approach to improve their applicability in advanced water treatment such as arsenic and heavy metal removal. Here, we fabricated three polystyrene(PS)-based nano-HFOs and explored the effect of host pore structure on the surface chemistry of the immobilized HFOs. Potentiometric titration of the hybrids and surface complexation modeling of their adsorption towards arsenite and arsenate were performed to evaluate the surface chemistry variation of the loaded HFOs. Polymer hosts of higher surface area and narrower pore size would result in smaller particle size of HFOs and lower the value of the point of zero charge. Also, the site density(normalized by Fe mass) and the deprotonation constants of the loaded HFOs increased with the decreasing host pore size. Arsenite adsorption did not change the surface charge of the loaded HFOs, whereas arsenate adsorption accompanied more of the negative surface charges. Adsorption affinity of both arsenic species with three HFO hybrids were compared in terms of the intrinsic surface complexation constants optimized based on the adsorption edges. HFO loaded in polystyrene host of smaller pore size exhibits stronger affinity with arsenic species.