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Article

Comparison of Manganese Dioxide and Permanganate as Amendments with Persulfate for Aqueous 1,4-Dioxane Oxidation

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Water Science and Management Program, New Mexico State University, MSC 3Q P.O. Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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Plant & Environmental Science Department, New Mexico State University, MSC 3Q P.O. Box 30003, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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Department of Soil, Water, Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Water 2020, 12(11), 3061; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113061
Submission received: 1 October 2020 / Revised: 25 October 2020 / Accepted: 29 October 2020 / Published: 1 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contaminant Transport and Fate)

Abstract

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Persulfate (PS) is widely used to degrade emerging organic contaminants in groundwater and soil systems, and various PS activation methods (e.g., energy or chemical inputs) have been considered to increase oxidation strength. This study investigates PS activation through manganese amendment in the form of potassium permanganate (KMnO4) and manganese dioxide (MnO2) to subsequently degrade the emerging and recalcitrant groundwater contaminant 1,4-dioxane (1,4-D). The activation of PS by MnO2 was confirmed by radical trap and by product formation. The degradation kinetics of 1,4-D by PS was also compared with varying amendments of KMnO4 and MnO2. The results showed that MnO2 activated PS, which increased the degradation rate constant of 1,4-D. KMnO4 activation of PS was not observed even though the binary oxidant mixture did enhance the degradation of 1,4-D. These results have implications for applying in situ chemical oxidation in subsurface systems, especially for conditions wherein manganese exists naturally in groundwater or aquifer minerals to support possible PS activation.

Graphical Abstract

1. Introduction

1,4-Dioxane (1,4-D) is a recalcitrant and emerging water contaminant that was commonly used as a solvent stabilizer mixed with chlorinated solvents, mainly 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA) and trichloroethene (TCE), and co-disposal has resulted in groundwater contamination [1,2,3]. 1,4-D is hazardous to humans, and it was classified as a probable human (B2) carcinogen [2,4,5,6,7]. Due to the relatively high polarity and miscibility with water and low volatilization of 1,4-D, there are limited options for treatment, which has enabled development of extensive wastewater impacts and groundwater contaminant plumes. 1,4-D is not generally removed from groundwater and wastewater using standard technologies typically used for chlorinated co-contaminant treatment [1,3,8,9,10,11]. Pollitt, Kim [12] provide a recent review of the health risks, contaminant remediation issues, and additional research needs.
Degradation and removal of 1,4-D from contaminated water has been demonstrated through application of strong oxidants or advanced oxidation processes (AOP) [1,8,9,13]. The persulfate ion (PS) has been proposed for in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) of groundwater plumes because of the increased aqueous solubility and stability advantage PS has over other regularly used AOP oxidants such as catalyzed H2O2 propagation and ozone [14]. Because of the symmetric structure of PS molecules, nonactivated PS exhibits a relatively low oxidation potential (Eo = 2.1 V) for AOP [15,16]. PS activation (i.e., catalysis to form free sulfate radicals ( SO 4 )) is generally considered for oxidation of recalcitrant organic contaminants [17,18]. Upon activation, persulfate becomes a stronger oxidant, through the generation of sulfate radicals (Eo = 2.6 V) that can effectively decompose recalcitrant organic contaminants [16,18].
Various methods including heat, UV irradiation, ultrasonication, and electrochemical activation are used to activate PS and generate sulfate radicals [19]. However, these approaches for activation are challenging for ISCO applications due to subsurface inaccessibility. Transition metals and carbon-based graphene alternatives have also recently been proposed [18,20,21,22,23,24]. The release of toxic metal catalysts during ISCO treatment is a significant concern for the former, and relatively high amendment costs are an issue for the latter. Ferrous iron (Fe2+) is the most common transition metal catalysis and a readily available activator, with common forms being ferrous sulfate and ferrous chloride. Aqueous-iron activation of PS using Fe2+ is typically observed as a homogeneous, first-order process. Although Fe2+ is one of the most widely used nontoxic activation agents for above-ground applications, its effectiveness is often limited in subsurface applications due to aqueous-availability constraints associated with iron speciation and cycling [25]. To overcome iron-availability constraints, a solid form of iron can be used. For example, Zhong, Brusseau [25] used iron filings to activate PS and transform 1,4-D. A two-stage reaction mechanism was proposed to describe the oxidation process by iron activated PS, consisting of a first stage of rapid, solution-based, radical-driven decomposition of 1,4-D and a second stage governed by rate limited surface reaction [25]. For effective PS activation, generally, an iron solid–liquid ratio of 1:10 (weight/weight) was required [25]. However, an excess of iron greater than 750 mg/L led to the rapid decomposition of PS and a loss of potential remediation [25].
Recently, there has been a significant increase in interest and in investigations focused on persulfate-based advanced oxidation including activation through redox reactions with subsurface minerals [26,27,28,29,30,31,32]. In natural systems including aquifers and soil systems, ferrihydrite, goethite, iron containing minerals, and nontronite, an iron-rich clay, were found to decompose PS [26,27,29,33,34,35]. Specifically, PS is activated by Fe2+ and Mn4+ containing oxide minerals through Fenton-like reactions that generate sulfate radicals. Montmorillonite, a clay with relatively high manganese content was found to decompose PS at a rate that was approximately an order of magnitude higher than that of nontronite [33]. Fang, Chen [29] examined the reaction and interaction mechanisms between PS and soil constituents. Zhu, Li [30] investigated nonradical aqueous contaminant degradation with PS activation on Mn oxides. Yan, Zhong [36] also examined the natural activation ability of subsurface media to promote in-situ contaminant oxidation, and they document the potential application for 1,4-D, and they found that iron species were primarily responsible for activation whereas Mn oxides likely contributed to the activation of PS. Use of minerals available in the subsurface as reagents for groundwater contamination cleanup is attractive, yet subsurface geochemical conditions (e.g., pH, alkalinity, chloride composition) need to be considered [35].
As one of the most common ISCO oxidants, the permanganate ion (+7 oxidation state; Eo = 1.7 V) is a relatively stable oxidant, soluble, and effective for oxidation of numerous organic contaminants in soil and groundwater [16]. However, it is not reactive enough to be considered an AOP oxidizing agent and may not be effective for the more inert or recalcitrant contaminants. KMnO4 has generally been considered too slow to effectively degrade 1,4-D [6]. ISCO of other organic contaminants using KMnO4 generates benign byproducts such as carbon dioxide gas and bicarbonate ions, manganese dioxide (MnO2) precipitates, and salts. Additionally, the MnO2 byproduct (i.e., a MnIV+ oxide mineral) from the oxidation reaction can result in pore-filling with MnO2 mineral-precipitation [37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46]. Thus, injection of aqueous KMnO4 for ISCO increases the manganese content in groundwater; upon oxidation of organics it would also amend the solid subsurface aquifer materials with manganese oxides. This may support in situ activation of PS to enhance ISCO of recalcitrant contaminants, including 1,4-D, if the amended manganese solid minerals could act as an aqueous PS activator.
The objective of this study was to examine the feasibility of using manganese in the form of MnO4 or MnO2 as an amendment with PS in aqueous solutions to enhance the oxidative removal of 1,4-D from contaminated water. We quantified and compared removal kinetics for 1,4-D with and without MnO4 or MnO2 over a range of Mn, PS, and 1,4-D concentrations, and the results have implications for ISCO treatment of recalcitrant groundwater contaminants.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Materials

Acrylonitrile was used as purchased (Sigma-Aldrich; CAS # 10713-1; part no. 110213; purity: 35–45 ppm monoethyl ether hydroquinone as inhibitor). Manganese dioxide was also used as purchased (Flinn Scientific Inc. CAS # 1313-13-9; part no. M0026; formula wt. 86.94; 99.5%; laboratory grade powder; particle size: 200 mesh; black or silver crystals or powder. Specific gravity: 5.026). The chemicals used to prepare the aqueous solutions included reagent grade 1,4-D (C4H8O2, ≥99.5%, Sigma Aldrich), sodium persulfate (Na2S2O8, 98%, Alfa Aesar), potassium iodide (KI, ≥99%, Sigma Aldrich), potassium sulfate (K2SO4, 99.2%, J.T. Baker), l-ascorbic acid (C6H8O6, 99%, Sigma Aldrich), sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3, ≥99%, Sigma Aldrich), and potassium permanganate (KMnO4, >99%, Acros Organics). For all experiments, a Barnstead NANOpure II (Series 550, Dubuque, Iowa) system was used to purify reverse osmosis water to >18 MΩ-cm, which was then used (hereafter termed DI water) to prepare all solutions.

2.2. 1,4-Dioxane Degradation Batch Experiments

Batch, kinetic experiments were performed to measure loss of PS through activation and loss of 1,4-D through oxidation in 1 L amber glassware or clear glassware covered in aluminum foil to prevent UV interaction with solution. Reaction solutions were prepared by adding oxidizing agents (PS or KMnO4) and 0.5 mM 1,4-D into the reaction solution container, and MnO2 was added as an amendment to a series of reactors. The experimental reaction solution containers were placed on a rotating table set at 300 RPM. At specified times, samples were collected and the pH was measured (Accumet AB200 meter, Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). For 1,4-D sample collection, 5 mL of 1 M l-ascorbic acid (oxidant quenching preservative) was placed in a 20 mL solid phase micro extraction (SPME) clear glass screw cap vial, followed by 5 mL of sample solution. Controls were prepared without PS for 0.5 mM 1,4-D and 0.5 mM 1,4-D with 100 g/L MnO2 without PS. All the experiments were conducted at an ambient temperature of 21 ± 2 °C in sealed reactor vials with headspace. 1,4-D experimental samples were collected and analyzed in triplicate, except the experiment for 0.5 mM 1,4-D decay with 49 mM sodium persulfate that had the entire experiment replicated (i.e., set 1 and 2). Acrylonitrile has been generally used as a free radical polymerization agent [47]. A 1% of acrylonitrile by volume solution was created with 17.387 g/L MnO2 with 250 mM PS, and another 1% acrylonitrile solution was created with 200 g/L KMnO4 with 49 mM PS.
Sorption, as loss from aqueous solution, of 1,4-D to MnO2 was determined to be negligible (data not shown). Thus, contaminant removal (i.e., oxidation and degradation) was quantified by loss from aqueous solution. The natural log of the relative concentration (i.e., normalized by initial concentration, Co) was plotted versus time, the slope was determined as the pseudo 1st order rate constant (i.e., k (h−1)) by linear regression [48], and the mean values and standard deviations of rate constants were quantified using the regression analysis.

2.3. Gas Chromatography—Time of Flight—Mass Spectrometry

1,4-D chemical analysis was conducted using gas chromatography with mass spectrometry. A CTC Analytics CombiPAL Autosampler fitted with a solid phase micro extraction (SPME) fiber (85 µm Carboxen-Polydimethylesiloxane metal fiber) was used to collect and deliver samples. Each sample was incubated for 5 min at 55 °C and then extracted for 5 min. Then, the fiber had a 4-min desorption time in the injector, which was fitted with a septaless Merlin Microseal. After the 5-min sample collection, the sample was delivered to a 7890A Agilent Gas Chromatograph fitted with a ZB-5MS column (30 m, 0.25 mm I.D., 0.25 μm film thickness) with helium as the carrier gas. The inlet was in 10 to 1 split mode with a constant flow of 1.3 mL/min with a front inlet septum purge of 3 mL/min. The inlet was operated at a constant 310 °C and the transfer line was constant at 250 °C. The oven program started at 50 °C and held for 1.5 min, ramped to 250 °C at 16 °C/min. A Leco Pegasus High Throughput Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (TOF-MS) detector was used for 1,4-D sample analyses after a solvent delay of 0.25 min. Compound masses were measured from 55–550 m/z with an acquisition rate of 10 spectra/s operating at 70 eV, and the ion source heated at 250 °C. Each peak was integrated using the Leco ChromaTof software version 4.41. 1,4-D was determined by the use of a commercial standard, and also matched to the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) library. Samples were quantified by standard curve ranging from 0.025 mM to 1.5 mM, and the lower detection limit using GC-ToF-MS analysis for 1,4-D was 0.02 mM.

2.4. Scanning Electron Microscopy

Solid MnO2 images and data were captured using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) 3400N VP (Hitachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan). The SEM was equipped with a tungsten filament allowing accelerating voltages up to 30 kV. For element weight percentage analysis, Electron Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (EDS) was used (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). Solid samples were dried under a vacuum before imaging and analysis. For solid MnO2 elemental percentage analysis, 7.9 g/L of MnO2 were reacted with a range of PS concentrations (i.e., 5, 49, and 250 mM of sodium PS) on a rotating table at 150 RPM for two weeks to ensure equilibration before EDS analysis. For comparison, 7.9 g/L of MnO2 were also reacted with DI water as a control before EDS analysis of solid MnO2.

2.5. Persulfate and Sulfate Anion Analyses

The PS analysis was conducted using a spectrophotometric determination of PS based on modification of the iodometric titration method [49]. Experimental aqueous samples were filtered with a 0.45 µm polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) prefilter (Filtermate, Environmental Express, Charleston, SC, USA) prior to analysis to prevent colorimetric analysis interference by MnO2 solids. The analysis stock solution was prepared to include 5 g/L of sodium bicarbonate and 100 g/L of potassium iodide equilibrated on a rotating table set at 300 RPM. A volume of 25 μL of experimental sample was added to 10 mL stock solution. Then a SpectraMax M2 UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Molecular Devices, San Jose, CA, USA) was used for analysis, the spectra was measured at an absorbance of 400 nm, and the lower detection limit of PS was 0.05 mM.
Sulfate analysis followed the HACH Sulfate SulfaVer 4 method where ions in solution react with barium in the HACH Sulfate SulfaVer 4 to form a precipitate of barium sulfate, and the amount of turbidity formed is proportional to the sulfate concentration. As noted above, samples were filtered prior to analysis using a 0.45 μm PVDF prefilter (Filtermate, Environmental Express) to prevent analysis interference by MnO2 solids. SulfaVer4 Sulfate Reagent Powder Pillows were added to 10 mL of experimental sample. A SpectraMax M2 UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Molecular Devices) was used to analyze the samples at an absorbance of 450 nm (SulfateSulfaVer4 Method 10248, HACH Company, Loveland, CO, USA) method with a lower detection limit of 2 mg/L.

3. Results and Discussion

3.1. Activation of Persulfate

Figure 1A presents the results of experiments including amendment of PS solutions with MnO2 at three different concentrations of MnO2 (0 g/L, 17.4 g/L, and 100 g/L) with a fixed PS concentration (49 mM). PS activation was indicated both by its degradation and the formation of sulfate as a reaction product. As higher concentrations of MnO2 were added, a notable increase in the generation of sulfate by the end of the three-day period was observed. The production of sulfate occurred simultaneously with the decay of PS and provides additional confirmation of PS activation by MnO2. Without MnO2, PS degradation and sulfate production were both negligible in the control. Evaluation of PS activation using PS and sulfate measurement within KMnO4 solutions was not possible due to colorimetric interferences in the analysis methods. As MnO2 concentration increased, the pseudo 1st order rate constant values for PS decay and for sulfate production both increased (Figure 1B). The rate constant values were consistent with previously reported values for PS decay upon activation by the MnO2 mineral pyrolusite [33].
Radical formation was confirmed using acrylonitrile as a radical trap [47]. After approximately one hour, the solution with acrylonitrile, MnO2, and PS polymerized to form white clouds of precipitate (i.e., polymer formation through radical trap reaction) confirming radical formation in solution (Figure 2). Thus, activation of PS by MnO2 was confirmed by loss of persulfate, sulfate generation, and radical formation for solutions containing MnO2 and PS. However, the solution with acrylonitrile, KMnO4, and PS changed to a darker color without further polymer formation, which suggested radical formation and PS activation did not occur for solutions containing KMnO4.
These results suggest activation of PS through manganese amendment was limited to MnO2, and KMnO4 was inefficient as an activating agent for PS. There are significant differences in the manganese speciation for these two. For example, MnO2, is a solid mineral, and permanganate dissolves to form an aqueous ion in solution. Since both permanganate and PS dissolve into aqueous solution, and MnO2 is separated from aqueous PS as a separate phase, it might be expected that KMnO4 would be efficient as an activating agent for PS, but that was not the case, whereas, MnO2 was able to activate PS despite the differences in phases. This difference in reactivity was likely a result of differences in Mn oxidation state. Mn is in the +4 oxidation state within MnO2, and the MnO4 ion contains Mn in the +7 oxidation state.

3.2. 1,4-Dioxane Degradation

Results for control experiments (Figure 3A), conducted without PS (i.e., 1,4-D control, 0.5 mM 1,4-D with 100 g/L MnO2), indicted that negligible change in 1,4-D concentration was observed, which suggests that degradation of 1,4-D was negligible without the presence of PS or MnO4. Figure 3B shows the change in the relative concentration of 1,4-D with time when only PS was used as an oxidation agent. The change in concentration was negligible within the experiment containing only 5 mM PS suggesting that a 1,4-D to PS mole ratio greater than 1:10 was required for the degradation. However, experiments containing 49 mM and 250 mM PS showed significant 1,4-D removal through oxidative transformation to the lower detection limit in less than 200 h from the beginning of the experiment (Figure 3), and these results confirm that PS can be used to rapidly remove 1,4-D from aqueous solutions. Elbs persulfate oxidation is the reaction of phenols with potassium persulfate [50], and with the structural similarity of phenol and 1,4-D, reactivity between 1,4-D and PS may follow the Elb oxidation reaction mechanism or a similar mechanism.
As shown in Figure 4, experiments containing both PS and MnO2 showed significant reduction of 1,4-D concentrations (typically to the lower detection limit of 1,4-D) in less than 200 h from the beginning of the experiment. In fact, degradation of 1,4-D was observed to increase as MnO2 amendment concentration was increased even when the PS concentration was constant (Figure 4; Table 1). However, the enhancement in 1,4-D decay was relatively minor, which suggests that MnO2 is not a very efficient activator for PS, which suggests that the activation mechanism may be acid catalysis. At 250 mM PS and 17.4 g/L MnO2, 1,4-D completely degraded within 24–50 h.
Figure 5 shows four 1,4-D degradation experiments containing both PS and MnO4. Three of the four experiments shown in Figure 5 were conducted with a constant mass of PS (49 mM) and 0.5 mM 1,4-D with different concentrations of potassium permanganate (49 mM, 91 mM, and 200 mM). The experiment conducted with only 49 mM potassium permanganate and 0.5 mM 1,4-D without addition of PS was assumed to be the control of the experiment (Figure 5). Each of the four experiments showed loss of 1,4-D concentration within 200 h. However, the potassium permanganate control (without PS) only removed about 60% of the 1,4-D. The experiment with 49 mM PS and 49 mM and 91 mM potassium permanganate removed about 80%, of the 1,4-D. The experiment with 49 mM PS and 200 mM potassium permanganate removed about 100% of the 1,4-D within 100 h. As greater concentrations of potassium permanganate were added, 1,4-D degradation rate constants were observed to increase, which suggests that MnO4 can be used with PS to increase reactivity and to decrease kinetic limitations for removal of 1,4-D from aqueous solutions.

3.3. Rate Constant Versus Oxidant Content

A consistent trend of increasing rate constant with increasing oxidant to contaminant ratio is observed (Table 1). This type of trend has been observed for 1,4-D decay upon reaction with a mixture of oxidants termed peroxone activated PS [51], and the rate constants are comparable (k (MnO2 activated PS) = 0.015 h−1 and k (peroxone activated PS) = 0.02 h−1 at 100 oxidant:contaminant ratio). Interestingly, here this trend was observed for PS activated by MnO2 and KMnO4, respectively. Of all the MnO2 experiments conducted, the experiment containing 100 g/L of MnO2 had the highest manganese amount and resulted in the lowest 1,4-D-decay rate constant. This is likely attributed to excess MnO2 concentration leading to the rapid decay of PS and loss of potential 1,4-D oxidation, as observed with iron activation [25]. The two largest 1,4-D degradation rate constants were observed with the addition of 250 mM PS with 17.4 g/L MnO2 and 250 mM PS with no manganese activator, respectively. This suggests that activation may not be needed at the larger PS concentrations, and there may be a potential for self-activation of PS at elevated aqueous PS concentrations.
Table 1 also contains initial and final pH values for each of the experiments. All of the experiments with PS activated by MnO2 had pH values that were initially in the acidic range, and the pH declined to even more acidic conditions during those experiments. However, all the experiments containing KMnO4, including those with and without PS, maintained pH values that were approximately neutral. These results indicate that KMnO4 reactivity does not generate acidity, does not likely produce acid catalysis of PS or hydroxyl radical formation, and tends to buffer aqueous solution pH during oxidation reactions with 1,4-D. Formation of acidic conditions may not be favorable for ISCO due to the potential for subsurface mineral weathering and metal contaminant release.

3.4. Rate Constant Versus Manganese Content

Figure 6 presents the 1,4-D pseudo first order rate constant values as a function of manganese amendment content for both KMnO4 and MnO2. As manganese concentration was increased in the batch experiments, a relatively linear increase in the rate constant for 1,4-D degradation occurred. At lower manganese concentrations, MnO2 amended experiments had larger rate constants for 1,4-D degradation compared to KMnO4. At the highest manganese concentration, KMnO4 amendment was observed to result in a higher rate constant for 1,4-D degradation. It is likely that KMnO4 with PS (dual chemical oxidation) acted to oxidize 1,4-D without PS activation, and the increasing reactivity was due to increases the in amount of oxidant added along with any dual oxidant associated synergistic reactivity. These results suggest that both forms of manganese compounds are capable of 1,4-D removal without any significant reaction inhibition effects.

3.5. Energy-Dispersive Spectroscopy Characterization of Manganese Dioxide

Figure 7 presents the results of the MnO2 mineral characterization results from Energy-Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) with MnO2 composition expressed as percent atom weight for several elements as a function of increasing PS concentrations. The atom weight percentage for manganese ranged between about 36% and 47%, with higher percentages measured in the sample that reacted with DI water and the sample that reacted with 5 mM PS compared to the samples that had reacted with the higher PS concentrations. The atom weight percentage of manganese was consistent and negatively correlated with the concentration of PS added to the reactor vial. These results suggest that the MnO2 composition became altered through the activation of PS. We attribute this to changes in manganese valence through activation reactions with PS, and reductions in manganese content of the solid MnO2 may be due to increase aqueous dissolution of manganese upon reaction with PS.

4. Summary and Implications

We quantified and compared PS decay, sulfate production, and removal kinetics for 1,4-D with and without KMnO4 or MnO2 over a range of oxidant to contaminant concentration ratios and manganese amendment concentrations. The results showed that MnO2 activated PS and free radicals were formed, generated sulfate, and therefore increased the rates and potential for degradation of 1,4-D. KMnO4 experiments with PS did not generate observable radical formation even through the binary oxidant mixture did increase reactivity and the kinetics of 1,4-D degradation. Mn amendments in the solid phase as MnO2 and in the aqueous phase as KMnO4 were used in combination with PS, and both amendments resulted in the ability for 1,4-D removal without any measureable inhibition effects, despite manganese valence differences. Rate constants increased with both oxidant to contaminant ratios and also with manganese amendment content. According to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), manganese is not considered hazardous, however the EPA does have a Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level standard for manganese in drinking water.
Results suggest that in-situ activation of PS with aquifer materials could be used to enhance its effectiveness for ISCO. Without activation, aqueous PS is quite stable with a half-life of approximately 600 days [33], which suggests a significant potential for injection into the subsurface, transport into groundwater plume areas, and use for ISCO. Oxidant reagent delivery is a primary feasibility constraint for ISCO [52], which is primarily constrained by ubiquitous heterogeneity of hydraulic conductivity [53]. Manganese is common in many minerals, including sulfides, chlorides, oxides, and silicates, and it would likely be naturally present in most contaminated groundwater aquifer systems [54]. It is likely weathered minerals or secondary minerals (e.g., clays or metal oxides) would be more likely to be available and reactive. The oxides are common to soils and aquifers, and these include more than 30 manganese oxide minerals [54]. This suggests that solid-phase manganese may be available in the subsurface for PS activation at many contaminated sites, and therefore that PS activation through additional amendment of chemicals or energy may not be required for cleanup of groundwater contaminants using ISCO. The potential would be even greater when considering the combined presence of Fe- and Mn-bearing minerals.
Activation of PS can also be used to enhance its reactivity for efficient contaminant oxidative transformation, and subsurface amendments may be placed in situ to target zones requiring increased reactivity. Targeted subsurface amendments could be used as a reactive barrier for in situ groundwater treatment to decrease contaminant flux released from either sources or at plume boundaries [46]. These amendments could include either organic or inorganic catalysts of PS [18,22,25,33,55]. The results presented here suggest that injection of aqueous KMnO4 could increase the manganese content of groundwater, oxidize more labile contaminants (e.g., TCE) to reduce PS-loading requirement. Upon oxidation of organics this would also amend the solid subsurface aquifer materials with solid MnO2, and these amendments would provide in situ activation of PS to enhance ISCO of recalcitrant contaminants including 1,4-D.

Author Contributions

L.B.: Experimental development (kinetics experiments); Data collection and curation; Formal analysis; Investigation; Methodology; Writing—original draft; R.A.M.M.: Data analysis; Data collection and curation (radical trap); Writing—review and editing; N.A.K.: Experimental development; Data collection and curation (radical trap and GC-MS); M.L.B.: Conceptualization; Funding acquisition; Writing—review and editing; K.C.C.: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Supervision; Validation; Writing—review and editing. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was primarily supported by the US Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) Project ER-2302. The contributions of ML Brusseau were supported by funding from NIEHS (P42 ES04940). Additional support from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch project 1006845) and the Plant & Environmental Science Department at NMSU is appreciated.

Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge support and assistance of members of the Plant & Environmental Science Dept. at NMSU. We appreciate the support and assistance of Omar Holguin, Barry Dungan, Barbara Hunter, and members of the Carroll Lab.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement.

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Figure 1. (A) Persulfate loss upon activation and sulfate product formation concentration as a function of time with different concentrations of MnO2. (B) Persulfate activation and decay pseudo 1st order rate coefficient as a function of Mn content.
Figure 1. (A) Persulfate loss upon activation and sulfate product formation concentration as a function of time with different concentrations of MnO2. (B) Persulfate activation and decay pseudo 1st order rate coefficient as a function of Mn content.
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Figure 2. Picture of the persulfate (PS) in solution with addition of MnO2 with (left) and without (right) the addition of acrylonitrile to each solution. White acrylonitrile-polymer formation indicated radical formation for PS with MnO2.
Figure 2. Picture of the persulfate (PS) in solution with addition of MnO2 with (left) and without (right) the addition of acrylonitrile to each solution. White acrylonitrile-polymer formation indicated radical formation for PS with MnO2.
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Figure 3. (A) Relative concentration as a function of time for control experiments, and (B) experiments used to quantify removal kinetics of 1,4-dioxane (1,4-D) using different persulfate concentrations (without manganese activation). Relative concentrations were normalized by the initial 0.5 mM 1,4-D. Set 1 and 2 are replicate experiments. Error bars represent the standard deviation of triplicate samples.
Figure 3. (A) Relative concentration as a function of time for control experiments, and (B) experiments used to quantify removal kinetics of 1,4-dioxane (1,4-D) using different persulfate concentrations (without manganese activation). Relative concentrations were normalized by the initial 0.5 mM 1,4-D. Set 1 and 2 are replicate experiments. Error bars represent the standard deviation of triplicate samples.
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Figure 4. Relative concentration as a function of time illustrating removal kinetics of 1,4-D using PS with various MnO2 amendment amounts. Relative concentrations were normalized by the initial 0.5 mM of 1,4-D. Error bars represent the standard deviation of triplicate samples.
Figure 4. Relative concentration as a function of time illustrating removal kinetics of 1,4-D using PS with various MnO2 amendment amounts. Relative concentrations were normalized by the initial 0.5 mM of 1,4-D. Error bars represent the standard deviation of triplicate samples.
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Figure 5. Relative concentration as a function of time illustrating removal kinetics of 1,4-D using PS with various KMnO4 amendment amounts. Relative concentrations were normalized by the initial 0.5 mM of 1,4-D. Error bars represents the standard deviation triplicate replicates.
Figure 5. Relative concentration as a function of time illustrating removal kinetics of 1,4-D using PS with various KMnO4 amendment amounts. Relative concentrations were normalized by the initial 0.5 mM of 1,4-D. Error bars represents the standard deviation triplicate replicates.
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Figure 6. 1,4-D degradation rate constant versus Mn content for experiments conducted with presence of 49 mM PS and different concentrations of MnO2 or KMnO4 amendments.
Figure 6. 1,4-D degradation rate constant versus Mn content for experiments conducted with presence of 49 mM PS and different concentrations of MnO2 or KMnO4 amendments.
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Figure 7. Energy-Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) atom weight percentage comparison of MnO2 reacting with DI water and various concentrations of PS.
Figure 7. Energy-Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) atom weight percentage comparison of MnO2 reacting with DI water and various concentrations of PS.
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Table 1. Summary of experimental conditions and resulting 1,4-D removal pseudo 1st order rate constant mean and 95% C.I. values.
Table 1. Summary of experimental conditions and resulting 1,4-D removal pseudo 1st order rate constant mean and 95% C.I. values.
Contaminant (mM)OxidantsManganesepHmMOxidant: ContaminantRate ConstantRate ConstantRegression
1,4-DSodium Persulfate (mM)Potassium Permanganate (mM)Dioxide (g/L)StartEndTotal Oxidants(Mole Ratio)k (h−1)95% C.I.R2
Sodium Persulfate Only
0.5500.05.24.05100.0003±0.00120.03
0.54900.04.62.849980.0124±0.00100.98
0.54900.04.62.749980.0112±0.00070.99
0.525000.04.02.32505000.0352±0.03380.92
Sodium Persulfate and Manganese Dioxide
0.550100.05.23.15100.0017±0.00070.57
0.54904.34.62.549980.0127±0.00140.97
0.54907.94.52.549980.0109±0.00050.99
0.549011.04.52.449980.0129±0.00080.99
0.549017.44.52.449980.0154±0.00120.99
0.5490100.04.42.449980.0083±0.00100.97
0.5250017.44.02.32505000.0432±0.01940.95
Sodium Persulfate and Potassium Permanganate
0.549490.06.16.6981960.0092±0.00410.94
0.549910.07.86.71402800.0115±0.00110.98
0.5492000.08.67.02494980.0192±0.00330.96
Potassium Permanganate without Sodium Persulfate
0.50490.08.17.849980.0059±0.00060.98
0.5049100.06.57.649980.0053±0.00060.98
Sodium Persulfate, Potassium Permanganate, and Manganese Dioxide
0.54949100.06.16.9981960.007±0.00120.96
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