Influence of amine buffers on carbon tetrachloride reductive dechlorination by the iron oxide magnetite.

The influence of amine buffers on carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) reductive dechlorination by the iron oxide magnetite (FeIIFeIII2O4) was examined in batch reactors. A baseline was provided by monitoring the reaction in a magnetite suspension containing NaCl as a background electrolyte at pH 8.9.

pH dependence of carbon tetrachloride reductive dechlorination by magnetite.

Magnetite is precipitated by dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria or forms through corrosion of zero-valent iron (ZVI) in permeable reactive barriers. Reduction of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) by synthetic magnetite was examined in batch reactors to evaluate the pH dependence of the reaction rates and product distributions. This work presents the first data where magnetite promotes CCl4 dechlorination independent of added sorbed Fe(II) or coexisting minerals that maintained Fe2+ above the magnetite solubility limit.