Oxidation of arsenic (III) and adsorption of arsenic (V) by manganese oxide nanowires

• Main Author: Wong, Yixuan.
• Other Authors: Sun Delai, Darren
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49083
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Arsenic is a carcinogenic substance that can be found in many water bodies worldwide. Generally, in water bodies, they occur as arsenite As(III) or arsenate As(V), present as +3 or +5 states respectively. As(III) is more toxic and harder to be removed as compared to As(V), and require prior oxidatio...