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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis, Storrs, CT (US);
Gregory M. Dobbs, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Jeffrey A. Lackovic, Gales Ferry, CT (US);
Assignee:
The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/70 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/70 ;
Abstract
A method for the remediation of arsenic is presented, comprising providing an aqueous solution of inorganic arsenic species, and passing the solution of inorganic arsenic species over a substrate comprising zero valent iron under anaerobic conditions, thereby reducing the arsenic species and forming arsenic-metal co-precipitates. Preferably, the metal is iron in the form of iron filings, and a source of sulfate ions is also present, resulting in the precipitation of arseno-pyrites.