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Table 2 Comparison of the reaction orders (n) and apparent activation energy (Ea) of the synthetic jarosite with arsenic and synthetic natrojarosite with arsenic in NaOH and Ca(OH) 2 media respectively

From: Alkaline decomposition of synthetic jarosite with arsenic

Jarosite type

Media

[OH-]

Reaction order

Activation energy, Ea

  

mol L-1

n

kJ mol-1

Synthetic jarosite with arsenic a

NaOH

>8.00 × 10-3

1.86

60.3

Ca(OH)2

>1.90 × 10-2

1.15

74.4

Synthetic natrojarosite with arsenic b

NaOH

>3.84 × 10-3

0.70

57.1

Ca(OH)2

>2.21 × 10-2

1.51

48.6

Synthetic jarosite c

NaOH

>2.70 × 10-2

0.6

43.0

 

Ca(OH)2

>3.50 × 10-3

0.5

80.0

  1. a This work; b Reyes et al. [19]; c Cruells et al. [18].