Influence of pH on Cadmium Removal from Wastewater by SSI
Spherical sponge iron (SSI) with high activity and intension could be prepared through direct reduction by hydrogen. pH value in solution increased despite initial pH because a large amount of H+ was depleted along with erosion battery reaction of SSI. It was suggested that initial pH has significant influence on pH value in solution and cadmium removal percentage by SSI. When the initial pH maintained at 2.03, cadmium removal percentages were only 10.17% and 22.00%, respectively, in 10min and 30min. While the initial pH was adjusted to 3.00, cadmium removal percentage could be elevated to 73.10% and 95.46% in similar libration time. Cadmium removal by SSI appeared to be the first-order reaction. When the initial pH was maintained at 2.03, the apparent reaction rate constant of cadmium removal by SSI was only 0.434 and 1.027 h-1, while which could be elevated to 5.882 and 5.249 h-1 when the initial pH was adjusted to 3.00.