Removal of Arsenic from Water using Gutzeit

Apparatus

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What is Arsenic?

• Arsenic is an element which occurs naturally / by human activities in the

environment
• It combines with other metals and chemicals to make minerals in ores
• It is associated with the mining of other metals; copper, silver, gold
• Inorganic Arsenic
• Inorganic arsenic generally refers to
arsenic compound with no carbon
atoms
• The two main sorts of inorganic arsenic
are arsenite & arsenate,the first one is
bit more toxic than second.Both are
carcinogenic
• Found in mining and industrial waste.
• Naturally occurring in soil and rocks
• Also used as a wood preservative
(chromated copper arsenate) and
leukemia treatment (Arsenic trioxide)
• Organic Arsenic
• Organic arsenic is in the form of a
molecule that has least one carbon
atom
• The two main forms of organic arsenic
are arsenobetaine & arsenocholine.The
second is more toxic than the first.But
both are relatively safe
• Bacteria, fungi, and some plants
convert inorganic arsenic to organic
arsenic compounds
• Also used in pesticides/insecticides
(monosodium methanearsonate) and
poultry feed additive (3-Nitro)
.
Properties:-
• As
– Metalloid
– Grey or Yellow or Black color
• Grey
– Density: 5.73 grams/m3
– Semiconductor and solid
• Yellow
– Soft and waxy; density: 1.97 grams/m3
– Volatile and toxic
• Black
– Glassy and brittle
– Low conductorAtomic number: 33
– Relative Mass: 74.92
Arsenic In Ground Water
• Arsenic in ground water is largely the result
of minerals dissolving from weathered
rocks and soils
• Several types of cancer have been linked
to arsenic in water. (National Research
Council, 1999)
• 2001: EPA lowered the maximum level of
As permitted in drinking water 50 ug/L →
10 ug/L.
Consumption of Arsenic
Acute Symptoms Chronic Symptoms
• Vomiting • Keratosis
• Dark urine • Cancer
• Hemolysis • Mees’ lines

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• Symptoms when Arsenic is • Symptoms when Arsenic
consumed in less amount consumed in large amount
• drowsiness • excess saliva
• headache • problems swallowing
• confusion • blood in the urine
• severe diarrhea • cramping muscles
• hair loss
• stomach cramps
• excessive sweating
• vomiting

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Black Foot Disease
Blackfoot disease (BFD) is a severe form of
peripheral vascular disease (PVD), in which the
blood vessels in the lower limbs are severely
damaged, resulting eventually in progressive
gangrene. It has been observed in Taiwan.
Oxidation states of Arsenic,& compounds made of Arsenic

• Arsenic exists in oxidation states of −3, 0, 3 and 5. It is widely distributed throughout

Earth’s crust, most often as arsenic sulfide or as metal arsenates and arsenides. In
water, it is most likely to be present as arsenate, with an oxidation state of 5, if the
water is oxygenated.
Compound Molecular formula

Arsenic As
Arsenic trioxide As2O3
Arsenic pentoxide As2O5
Arsenic sulfide As2S3
Dimethylarsinic acid (CH3)2AsO(OH)
(DMA)
Monomethylarsonic acid (CH3)AsO(OH)2
(MMA)
Lead arsenate PbHAsO4
Potassium arsenate KH2AsO
Analytical Method

• Using Gutzeit Method concentration of

As is to be determined.Here, we will
use the predicted method, Reduction of
Ag+ to Ag(0) by AsH3 production.

• A test for arsenic used especially in

toxicology that is based on the
formation of arsine and the production
by the arsine of a brown stain on filter
paper moistened with mercuric chloride
solution.
As(III) Removal

Preparation of Adsorbant:-
• The crusher waste has been collected
from Khordha district with no cost. The
materials is natural used for road
construction.
• After having the particular geomatric
mean sized partical will be impregnated
with Fe(III)NO3 to coat as FeO on the
material and will be characterized.
• As prepared material will used as the
sorbet for As removal. The study would
be the best study.
Objective Study:-

• Sythesis of the Absorbent

• Characterization of the Absorbent
• As(III)Removal of the Absorbent
• Dose variation,ph variation,time variation,& concentration
• Thermodynamic Study
EXPERIMENTAL SETUP
Reference:-

• Alarcon-Herrera, M.T., Bundschuh, J., Nath, B., Nicolli, H.B., Martín-Domínguez,

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• Gutiérrez, M., Reyes-Gómez, V.M., Núñez, D., Sracek, O., 2013. Co-ocurrence of
arsenic
• and fluoride in groundwater of semi-arid regions in Latin America: genesis, mobility
and remediation. J. Hazard. Mater. 262, 960–969
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