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Fang Y, Li F, Chao J, Tang Y, Coulon F, Krasucka P, Oleszczuk P, Hu Q, Yang XJ. Highly efficient capture of mercury from complex water matrices by AlZn alloy reduction-amalgamation and in situ layered double hydroxide. Environ Technol 2024; 45:2660-2672. [PMID: 36779296 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2180437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Mercury pollution is a critical, worldwide problem and the efficient, cost-effective removal of mercury from complex, contaminated water matrices in a wide pH range from strongly acidic to alkaline has been a challenge. Here, AlZn and AlFe alloys are investigated and a new process of synergistic reduction-amalgamation and in situ layered double hydroxide (SRA-iLDH) for highly efficient capture of aqueous Hg(II) is developed using AlZn alloys. The parameters include the pH values of 1-12, the Hg(II) concentrations of 10-1000 mg L-1, and the alloy's Zn concentrations of 20%, 50% and 70% and Fe concentrations of 10%, 20% and 50%. The initial rate of Hg(II) uptake by AlZn alloys decreases with increasing Zn concentration while the overall rate is not affected. Specifically, AlZn50 alloy removes >99.5% Hg(II) from 10 mg L-1 solutions at pH 1-12 in 5 min at a rate constant of 0.055 g mg-1 min-1 and achieves a capacity of 5000 mg g-1, being the highest value reported so far. The super-performance of AlZn alloy is attributed to multiple functions of chemical reduction, dual amalgamation, in situ LDH's surface complexation and adsorption, isomorphous substitution and intercalation. This study provides a simple and highly efficient approach for removing Hg(II) from complex water matrices.
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- Yetian Fang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- National Fundamental Research Laboratory of New Hazardous Chemicals Assessment and Accident Analysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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- Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Huanding Environmental Big Data Institute, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Wei R, Han S, Lei R, Cui W, Li J, Hu C, Li C. Kinetic Analysis of the Reaction of Micrometer-Sized Al-Mg Alloy Particles in a Water Vapor Atmosphere. Langmuir 2024; 40:7520-7531. [PMID: 38552210 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/10/2024]
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This study investigated the reaction mechanism of aluminum-magnesium (Al-Mg) alloy particles with water (Al-Mg/H2O) through thermogravimetric analysis-differential scanning calorimetry experiments and kinetic analysis using isoconversional methods and the master plot technique to determine the reaction mechanism function, with the aim of providing insights to support metal powder/water ramjet engine design and combustion characteristics. The results showed that the Al-Mg/H2O reaction occurred in two distinct stages, with stage 1 primarily involving the reaction of Mg elements in the L(Al-Mg) alloy with water while Al played a leading role in stage 2. Notably, the reaction temperatures of Al-Mg particles were significantly lower than those for either Al or Mg particles alone in a water vapor environment. Additionally, the activation energy of stage 1 was lower than that for the individual Al and Mg particles and decreased with increasing Mg content in stage 2. Furthermore, the concentration of Mg in the alloy was found to have a major influence on the reaction mechanism, which followed a random nucleation and growth model. Overall, this work elucidated an alternating endothermic and exothermic staged reaction process for Al-Mg/H2O dominated first by Mg and then Al with kinetic insights providing theoretical support for optimizing Al-Mg alloy compositions for improved ignition and combustion performance in metal powder/water ramjet engines.
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- Ronggang Wei
- National Key Laboratory of Solid Rocket Propulsion, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Solid Rocket Propulsion, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Solid Rocket Propulsion, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Solid Rocket Propulsion, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Solid Rocket Propulsion, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, People's Republic of China
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- National Key Laboratory of Solid Rocket Propulsion, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, People's Republic of China
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- Unmanned System Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, People's Republic of China
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Zhang J, Song Y, Chao J, Huang H, Liu D, Coulon F, Yang XJ. Rapid and effective removal of copper, nitrate and trichloromethane from aqueous media by aluminium alloys. Heliyon 2024; 10:e23422. [PMID: 38169809 PMCID: PMC10758792 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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Zero-valent iron (ZVI) has been extensively studied for its efficacy in removing heavy metals, nitrate, and chlorinated organic compounds from contaminated water. However, its limited effectiveness due to rapid passivation and poor selectivity is prompting for alternative solutions, such as the use of aluminium alloys. In this study, the efficacy of five distinct aluminium alloys, namely Al-Mg, Al-Fe, Al-Cu, and Al-Ni, each comprising 50 % Al by mass at a concentration of 10 g/L, was assessed using copper, nitrate and trichloromethane (TCM) as model contaminants. Results show that chemical pollutants reacted immediately with Al-Mg. On the contrary, the remaining three alloys exhibited a delay of 24 h before demonstrating significant reactivity. Remarkably, Al-Mg alloy reduced nitrate exclusively to ammonium, indicating minimal preference for nitrate reduction to N2. In contrast, the Al-Cu, Al-Ni, and Al-Fe alloys exhibited N2 selectivity of 3 %, 5 %, and 19 %, respectively. The removal efficiency of copper, nitrate and TCM reached 99 % within 24 h, 95 % within 48h and 48 % within 48h, respectively. Noteworthy findings included the correlation between Fe concentration within the Al-Fe alloy and an increased N2 selectivity from 9.3 % to 24.1 %. This resulted in an increase of Fe concentration from 10 % to 58 % albeit with a concurrent reduction in reactivity. Cu2+ removal by Al-Fe alloy occurred via direct electron transfer, while the removal of nitrate and TCM was facilitated by atomic hydrogen generated by the alloy's hydrolysis. Intriguingly, nitrate and TCM suppressed Cu2+ reduction, whereas Cu2+ improved nitrate reduction and TCM degradation. These findings demonstrate the great potential of Al-Mg and Al-Fe alloys as highly efficient agents for water remediation.
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- Jingqi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
- Research & Development Centre, China State Science Dingshi Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100102, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Chemical Metrology and Analytical Science Division, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Research & Development Centre, China State Science Dingshi Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd, Beijing, 100102, China
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- Tangshan Weihao Magnesium Powder Co., Ltd, Qianan, Hebei, 064406, China
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- School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China
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Contuzzi N, Casalino G, Boccaccio A, Ballini A, Charitos IA, Bottalico L, Santacroce L. Metals Biotribology and Oral Microbiota Biocorrosion Mechanisms. J Funct Biomater 2022; 14:14. [PMID: 36662061 PMCID: PMC9863779 DOI: 10.3390/jfb14010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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During the last decades, metal-based biomaterials have been extensively explored to be used as biocompatible metals for biomedical applications, owing to their superior mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Consequently, for long-term implanted medical devices, to assure the biomaterials' reliability, functionality, and biocompatibility, studying the various bio-tribological damage mechanisms to obtain the optimum properties is one of the most important goals. In this review, we consider the most important metal-based biomaterials such as stainless steel, alloys of titanium (Ti), cobalt-chromium (Co-Cr), and Nichel-Titatium (Ni-Ti), as well Magnesium (Mg) alloys and with Tantalum (Ta), emphasizing their characteristics, clinical applications, and deterioration over time. The influence of metal elements on biological safety, including significant effects of metal-based biomaterials in dentistry were discussed, considering the perspectives of surface, mechanical properties, corrosion behaviors, including interactions, bio-mechanisms with tissues, and oral environments. In addition, the role of the oral microbiota was explored due to its role in this erosion condition, in order to further understand the mechanism of metal-based biomaterials implanted on the microflora balance of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in an oral environment.
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- Nicola Contuzzi
- Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Polytechnic University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Emergency/Urgent Department, National Poisoning Center, Riuniti University Hospital of Foggia, 71122 Foggia, Italy
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- Interdepartmental Research Center for Pre-Latin, Latin and Oriental Rights and Culture Studies (CEDICLO), University of Bari, 70121 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Microbiology and Virology Unit, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70126 Bari, Italy
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