Using hydrogen gas at 400 degrees C to activate iron surface was proposed to remove nitrate (40 mg NL(-1)) in a HEPES buffer solution at pH value between 6.5 and 7.5. Compared with the nonpretreated iron, the first-order reaction rate constant (kobs) was increased 4.7 times by pretreated iron, and the lag of the early period disappeared. Normalized to iron surface area concentration, the specific rate constant (kSA) was increased approximately by a factor of 6 using hydrogen reduction (0.0020 min(-1)m(-2)L for nonpretreated iron and 0.0128 min(-1)m(-2)L for pretreated iron). The reactivity of aged iron covered by a complex mixture of iron oxides (soaking in nitrate solution for 60 days) were restored by hydrogen gas at 400 degrees C. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and temperature-programmed reduction (TPR) exhibited visibly cleaner without pitting and cracking and less oxygen fraction on pretreated iron surface relative to nonpretreated iron. Activation energies (Ea) of nitrate reduction over the temperature range of 10-45 degrees C were 46.0 kJ mol(-1) for nonpretreated iron, and 32.0 kJ mol(-1) for pretreated iron, indicating chemical reaction control, rather than diffusion. The results indicated that this enhancement was attributed to the increase in active site concentration on iron surface by hydrogen reduction.
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