Removal of Bromate from ater by Silver-supported Activated Carbon

Batch experiments were conducted to make a comparison in bromate removal between the silver-supported activated carbon (silver-AC) and virgin grander activated carbon(GAC). The probable mechanism of the better behavior of silver-AC was discussed. The effect of initial bromate concentration, pH and co-exist anions were also investigated in the study. Results showed that the removal efficiency of bromate increased about 25% by using silver-AC, a much better removal. Bromate reduction by silver-AC increases as the solution pH decreases. And the bigger the initial concentration was, the larger of BrO3- removal capacity by silver-AC was. Cl-, F- and Br- had a slight effect on the removal of BrO3- while SO42-, CO32-, NO3- and PO43- showed a stronger influence. The affinity of the anions for silver-AC sites decreased in the following order CO32- > PO43-> SO42- > NO3- > Br-> Cl-> F- when the co-exist anion concentration was 10mg/L.