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Source: The Zanesville Daily Courier, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio
Saturday, February 2, 1878, page 1, cols 2-4
Contributed by Ky Longley
The Early History of Zanesville
For the Courier,
The above named gentleman came to Zanesville in 1805. he was an Irishman by birth, and a carpenter by profession. He owned the corner lot at the intersection of Market and Fourth streets, west of the Market House, where the Masonic building now stands. He erected upon this lot a hewed-log house, and lived in it for a number of years. He was of the Methodist persuasion, and was very fond of holding public offices. While still working at his trade, he in 1806, was elected Justice of the Peace of the village of Zanesville. Afterwards he filed several town and county offices, apparently to the general satisfaction of the people. In 1814, after the town charter had been procured, William Craig was elected the first Mayor, William Blocksom the first Recorder, and John L. Cochran the first Marshal of the town of Zanesville. In the fall of the same year, he was a candidate for Governor of the State of Ohio. Thomas Worthington and Othniel Looker, were also candidates for the same office. Thomas Worthington was the successful candidate. He received in the State for Governor, 15,879 votes. Othniel Looker received 6,171. William Craig received 51 votes in Muskingum county. He wasn't elected Governor of the State, but was ever afterward called Governor Craig, by the citizens of Zanesville.
In 1813 William Craig and Thomas Moorehead erected a frame building 40x60 feet on the ground now occupied by the Second Street M. E. Church edifice. This was the first Methodist Church edifice erected in Zanesville. The building was not finished until the following year on account of not being able to obtain seasoned flooring. In 1810 Mr. Craig erected a frame building two stories high upon his lot on the corner of Market and Fourth - a very fine building for those days. He kept somewhat of a notion store in the corner room, and the boys of those days purchased a great many small articles from the Governor. This corner was designated as Craig's corner for many years. Col. George Jackson purchased the property of Mr. Craig, and lived in the house until he died. After Col. Jackson purchased the property, the corner was known as Jackson's corner and was so designated in 1817. In 1817 the Commissioners of Muskingum county, appointed William Craig Collector of Taxes, and Christian Spangler, County Treasurer. Governor Craig gave a bond in the sum of $3,354.08 his sureties being James McGuire, James Hampson, James Herron and Jacob Linden. The Governor went to work and collected the taxes, and instead of paying the money over to the County Treasury, ran away with the whole amount leaving his securities to settle with the County Treasurer.
The Commissioners commenced suit against each gentleman whose name appeared upon the bond for something over two thousand dollars. James McGuire was compelled to sell a house and two corner lots he owned on Sixth and South streets, and in addition to other property. It almost made him bankrupt. He succeeded in saving a small farm adjoining Zanesville.
James Linder was compelled to sell his farm and stock to get the means to settle his portion of the sum. He was entirely broken up. Property was very low at the time, and money scarce and hard to get. James Hampton and James Herron, being men of considerable means, paid the amount demanded of them without great inconvenience. The Governor left his wife behind when he departed for parts unknown, but she soon followed. They settled near St. Louis, and invested a portion of the money in real estate, which in after years became quite valuable, but his sureties were never able to get possession of any portion of it. The people of Zanesville felt very bitter toward the Governor, and used language in regard to him more expressive than polite.
came to Zanesville in 1804, an remained here a short time, and then emigrated to Miami county. The Miami valley at that time was anything but a healthy location, and Mr. Ross, becoming discouraged on account of sickness, returned to Zanesville the same fall, and make his permanent home here. He was a gunsmith by trade, and the first gunsmith who located in this section of Ohio. He purchased a lot on the northeast corner of Second street and Locust alley, and built a dwelling and shop upon it. During the war of 1812, Mr. Ross was drafted into the service of the United States. He made all preparations to proceed to the rendezvous for drafted men, when an order came detailing him to remain at home, to repair guns, swords, and accoutrements for the soldiers of the army. Gunsmiths, in those days, were very scarce in the western country, and their services were much in demand. In 1816, or 1817, Mr. Ross sold his property and removed to West Zanesville, and carried on the business of a gunsmith in the village until 1823, when he returned to Zanesville, and lived for several years on South Sixth street.
He afterwards removed to a house on Main, above Seventh street, where he lived an carried on gunsmithing until the day of this death. Several Zanesville boys served an apprenticeship with Elijah Ross, at gunsmithing. Among the number were George Hahn, Grant Scott, Niel Wilkins and Lem Owens. Grundo Taylor commenced to learn the trade of a gunsmith with Mr. Ross in 1833, when he lived in West Zanesville, but soon grew tired of the business and retired. Lem Owens was the celebrated Col. Pluck, of the ever memorable Fantasticles of Zanesville of 1833 or 1834. These Fantasticles were the most horrid looking creatures imaginable. They were disguised in every way possible. All were most hideous false faces. They were decked in the most outlandish dresses. Those were the days of the cornstalk militia. On the morning of the day when the cornstalk militia parade was to take place, Col. Pluck called out his Fantasticles.
The Colonel was dressed in a calico suit with a big spike tail coat with a large sunflower upon each shoulder for epulets. He carried a tin sward ten feet long, wore ten spurs eighteen inches long, and wore a tremendous lavender necktie with the ends reaching almost to the ground. His Beauchephalus or charger was Parson Jones' old horse. The old horse has seen his best days. He never had lived, perhaps, on the fat of the land, at least at this time he was a mere shadow of a horse. His hip bones stuck up high enough to hang a man's hat on, and his ribs seemed to vie with each to see which could stick out the farthest. When all was in readiness the Colonel, with a grand flourish, marched up to mount his charger. It appeared to be a dangerous feat, for no man could tell what might happen the shadow of a horse when a man settled down upon his back. Two orderlies stood the opposite side of the Parson's old horse, to catch the Colonel, if the horse fell under his weight.
The Colonel being mounted and all ready the Fantasticles were formed in line and marched down Main street, and over to John Lee's tavern in West Zanesville, when the cornstalk militia were learning the arts of war. Here the Fantasticles marched and countermarched in view of the cornstalk militia. The roll was called and the most outlandish names that could be though of were yelled out, and there was a Fantasticle for each name. All eyes were upon the Fantasticles where ever they went. The thing was so extremely ridiculous, that the officers could get no service out of the cornstalk militia, and Major Cochran dismissed them, and they were never called into line again. The Fantasticles were organized for the purpose of laughing the cornstalk militia out of existence, and it was a perfect success. Some of the best young men of the place were members of the Fantasticles. Zanesville never saw anything so ridiculous before, and perhaps will never see anything so ridiculous again.
Afterwards Lem Owens and Cale Wilkins went to St. Louis and joined a company of Rocky mountains trappers, and remained in the business for a number of years. Lem Owens trapped through the Rockies in company with the celebrated Kit Carson, and was one of Col. Freemont's scouts or guides through the mountains during the war with Mexico. After the war was over he came back and remained in Zanesville two weeks while on his way to Washington City, as a witness for Colonel Freemont. Mr. Ross was very fond of fox hunting during his whole life. He kept a pack of hounds for the chase and never seemed happier than when following his hounds over the Muskingum hills. He and Joseph Howland frequently went in company on these fox hunting expeditions. Mr. Ross had a pair of matched grey mules. He would mount one and Mr. Howland the other, away they would go for their favorite hunting grounds in the Moxahala hills.
When not hunting, Mr. Ross made his dogs work in a drum tread-wheel, which furnished the power for boring gun barrels and turning the grindstone. Elijah Ross was a very stout, robust, hardy pioneer, and very temperate, which, at that time, was something unusual.
He seldom indulged in spirituous liquors of any kind.
He was very fond of buttermilk, and preferred it to tea or coffee. He never had any serious sickness to effect his constitution, and was a powerful man physically. His health remained good almost up to the day of his death. He and Mr. Howland were on a fox hunting expedition only about three weeks before his death, and caught two red foxes, one of them the largest fox ever caught in Zanesville. They rode all day over the Moxahala hills. Mr. Ross was only confined to his residence by his last sickness a few days. He died in 1864, in the 79th year of his age. In many respects, he was one of the most remarkable men who ever lived in Zanesville.
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The Congressional Black Caucus is working behind the scenes to ensure that one of its members wins a top leadership position in the next Congress if Democrats take control of the House.

Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina is campaigning to become majority whip _ the third-ranking post in the House _ should Democrats pick up the 15 seats they need to win the majority. No black lawmaker has held a higher position in Congress.

"Until Nov. 8, there's no position to be advocating for. But if that comes to pass ... I think it's important for the party leadership to be reflective of the diversity in our caucus," said Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Mel Watt, D-N.C. "We need to value that."

Regardless of the whip position, black lawmakers would play a more prominent role with Democrats in power.

There are no black Republicans in Congress. And while black lawmakers are in line to win as many as five House committee chairmanships under Democratic leadership, all of the GOP's committee chairmen are white men, as are its top leaders.

Clyburn, who is currently chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, so far is the only Democrat openly lobbying for the whip position.

But black leaders, who feel they've been passed over for top appointments in the past, are waging a pre-emptive campaign to fend off potential challenges to Clyburn, particularly from Illinois Democrat Rahm Emanuel, who heads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Colorado Democrat Diana DeGette also is mentioned as a possible candidate.

Emanuel and Degette will not say whether they are angling for the whip job.

"He's laser-focused on Nov. 7th," Emanuel spokeswoman Kathleen Connery said. "He feels like he owes it to his contributors, candidates and his caucus to deliver on Nov. 7th."

But Emanuel, a former top Clinton administration adviser, is stepping down as DCCC chairman after the election, and Democrats could seek to reward him if he engineers a Democratic takeover of the House.

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If he were to win the post, Clyburn would join Pennsylvania Democrat William Gray as the highest-ranking black member of Congress in history. Gray served as majority whip from 1989 to 1991.

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There are 5 levels. Every level hase its own story and movie witch you can unlock if you reach the end. Rest House feature length movie can be unlocked if you end the game.
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About the lords of the city parking.
-Falling girl
Girl jumps from the top of skyscrapers. While slowly starts to fall she better understands the world and the people around her. Soon she realize that she's not alone in the falling. Will she arrive in time to discover the secret down there?
A young man comes to visit the old house by the river. A house is haunted by a crowd of mice. Guest along with a neighbor is trying to discover this strange phenomenon that the host cleverly hides. The truth lies in the basement below the house.
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In the small house on the hill, after each death of a close friend in the garden appears a strange hump. Every day there is more humps. Surprised in front of the gigantic hump which show up that morning in the garden. He is looking at that strange world and thinking of such an interesting end…
Based on the stories by E.A.Po and Dino Buzzati.
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After life there is underworld full of creatures and plants. ,,All human effort isn-t worth more than one mutual , even unpredictable kiss between a plant and the sun''. Based on the story ,,Being Dust'' by Santiago Dabove.
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01-Baliverna level
-,,Rest House'' game development process.
– It's the first person puzzle mystery adventure.
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02-Rh Garden level. There are 2 ways that you can play this level.
About the author:
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Director from Novi Sad (Serbia), where he work and live. Graduated at the Art Academy in Novi Sad, the group for theater and film directing. Until now he succeeded in making five theater plays, more than 20, documentaries and the short movies. He is founder of ,,Minotaur Production" and ,, Studio Don Quixote''.
With his friends in 2001 founded Independent Film Center KKNS and the Film Front Festival.
From 2006 he is working like director on the Television of Vojvodina where he directed more than 100 TV series. His occupations are game developments film and digital visual effects.
He's making independent, movies and games and looking producers for "Don Quixote" project.
Some of the previous projects he worked at:
–Sharks Night, 6 Dark Days, Apophenia, Zhucko
Worked in studios:
He got Certificates for Maya: Modeling, Rendering, Dynamics and Mel (Maya embedded language).
For 15 years he is mentor at least 3 digital international art workshop in a year where he's educating children and youth.
RH project development
Started in 2014. It's the sequel of our same name feature length movie which was shown at numerous fests around the world. More about the project can be found at our site.
In short period of 2015 more than 10 000 players checked the ,,Rest House''. Today number of players is still growing.
Impression are great. (More bellow).
Letter of interest.
Rest House daily live game development stream is also available at our site.
We're opened for cooperative productions, distributors and all kind of people from business who want to be part of our network. ,,Studio don Quixote'' is increasing production and we need more co-producers and distributors.
In 2015 we achieved more than:
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Mice Humps level
Story driven game . In the game there are references to ,,Don Quixote'' by Miguel de Cervantes. Some of inspirations come from the dark, muddy places but also from bright adventures such are those from ,,Quixote''. What we would like to see in future developments of RH (Rest House) is some kind of open world.
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Less scary than C++ are Blue prints. It's nice and easy to learn visual scripting program where you can make whatever you want.
We're using it a lot. For all kind of game play, menus, interaction etc.
At the end of each level there are short movies witch are explaining the back story.
If he beat the game player can go to the secret link and watch the whole feature length movie.
– Rest House is interactive project witch is growing from inside.
You're playing as the main character we can call him Mr. Gary for
Now. Voice that floating through the air is telling you what to do.
Main character meets friend from his childhood.
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For everyone at the streaming channels and our website.
-story as the game is work in progress. Viewers at the streaming platforms are helping
in development by testing and comment the gameplay.
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-We would like that player can be able to change environment, game eco system and himself when his playing like some of few different characters.
-Narrator is leading you through the levels and these whole interactive adventure. He is also helping you to find the way out.
-,,I am, my dust will be what I am.''
From the real Rest House
Rest House is:
-redefying film art trough interactive modern games medium.
-it sets the player in active world witch can be changed upon his will.
-it's visually interesting. We would like to make new trend, to set up new franchise witch will have strong impact in all the mediums. (movies, television, internet).
-We're constantly educating new community members and supporters trough the international workshops and daily live streams.
-Our goal is that in the near future finish self-sustaining platform. From that youth will have the most benefits.
-There are 5 levels
You can chose among 5 different stories. At the end each of the levels you can unlock new achievement. With that you can go to the link and watch the unique short movie which is part of the game story.
From the Baliverna (first level)
Game Design:
Between the movie and the game-(future development)
Player chose and control one of the characters. So Gary also called the Wizard is presenting the unique level of interaction trough the game.
There are environment modifications. We want to make the system in which the players will use their resources in virtual environment.
-Educative character, peaceful moral options in the art form.
– Security Hacking
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more concepts
-Game is distributed over the few platforms:
Steam, Itch, Game Jolt, New Grounds, Amazon, and Humble Bundle.
-You tubers are playing our game and helping us a lot with that.
-Streaming platforms:
Livecoding, (many supporters, large potential and possible partnership).
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GM's burning its way through a reported $1b per month. So shelling-out $250m on a new research and development campus in Shanghai is no biggie. And here's some PC for your PC: a significant part of the new research facility will focus on developing new green and alternative energy technology (whatever green means). When fully operational in 2009, the new facility will employ some 2500 people. And for those of you inclined to say "yeah right," General Motors' Asia Pacific President Nick Reilly says any problems in the Chinese market are all in your head. "Reilly attributed the downturn in the auto market to the Beijing Olympics in August, a sharply declining Chinese stock market, and an increase in fuel prices in June," the GM suit told CNN Money. "But he added that 'underlying demand is still there.' Reilly said he expects vehicle sales to return to double-digit growth this month or next. He said he expects China's auto market to maintain 10% to 15% growth after this year, without elaborating." Elaboration? We don't need no stinkin' elaboration!
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LeValley says she opposes a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The rule from the Grain Inspection, Packer and Stockyards Administration would affect how meat producers could market their products. LeValley says the rule could make ranchers susceptible to lawsuits if they form agreements with each other to market meat. LeValley is speaking on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
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Journal of Nanotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 462382, 5 pages
Nano-Scale Hydroxyapatite: Synthesis, Two-Dimensional Transport Experiments, and Application for Uranium Remediation
1Department of Systems and Engineering Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2950 Hobson Way, WPAFB, Fairborn, OH 45433, USA
2Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA
Received 31 October 2010; Accepted 9 December 2010
Academic Editor: Mallikarjuna Nadagouda
Copyright © 2011 S. R. Kanel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Synthetic nano-scale hydroxyapatite (NHA) was prepared and characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) methods. The XRD data confirmed that the crystalline structure and chemical composition of NHA correspond to Ca5OH(PO4)3. The SEM data confirmed the size of NHA to be less than 50 nm. A two-dimensional physical model packed with saturated porous media was used to study the transport characteristics of NHA under constant flow conditions. The data show that the transport patterns of NHA were almost identical to tracer transport patterns. This result indicates that the NHA material can move with water like a tracer, and its movement was neither retarded nor influenced by any physicochemical interactions and/or density effects. We have also tested the reactivity of NHA with 1 mg/L hexavalent uranium (U(VI)) and found that complete removal of U(VI) is possible using 0.5 g/L NHA at pH 5 to 6. Our results demonstrate that NHA has the potential to be injected as a dilute slurry for in situ treatment of U(VI)-contaminated groundwater systems.
1. Introduction
Groundwater systems can be contaminated by uranium discharged from ore mining and processing activities and from various nuclear weapons or fuel manufacturing activities. Uranium contamination can cause serious diseases including bone cancer, nonspecific malignant neoplasms, and lung cancer [1]. Therefore, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) standard for uranium in drinking water is set at 30 μg/L [2].
A number of materials have been used as adsorbents or reductants for removing hexavalent uranium from groundwater. These include reactive sorbents such as activated carbon, zero-valent iron, phosphate rocks, zeolites, and various types of apatites [3]. Among available sorbent materials, apatites are one of the most promising candidates for adsorbing and immobiliting dissolved uranium from groundwater [4, 5]. This is because the apatite group of minerals have been found to be stable across a wide range of geological conditions for hundreds of years [6, 7]. The solubility product of uranium-apatite minerals () can vary from about 10−20 to 10−150 [7, 8]. Furthermore, apatite is an ideal material for long-term sequestration of metals due to its high affinity for actinides and heavy metals [9]. Therefore, apatite has been widely used for immobiliting heavy metals such as Pb [10], actinides such as plutonium [11] and U, Cr, Co, Ni, Al, Cu, Fe, Pu, Cd, Zn, As, Sb, and V [5, 12–14].
In the literature, several researchers have studied uranium removal by apatite using batch-scale [4, 5, 15–19] and column-scale experiments [20]. Several researchers have also attempted to apply hydroxyapatite (HA) to treat contaminant plumes at field sites. For example, commercial HA, Ca5(PO4)3OH, has been used in a permeable reactive barrier (PRB) in a shallow alluvial aquifer at Fry Canyon, Utah to remove uranium [4]. However, almost all previous studies reported in the literature have focused on evaluating the feasibility for HA use in permeable reactive barrier (PRB)-type applications.
The focus of this study is to demonstrate the feasibility of a novel in situ remediation technology that can treat uranium using nano-scale HA that can be directly delivered in situ and transported to the contaminated zone via injection wells. HA reacting with hexavalent uranium (U(VI)) has been shown to produce stable minerals such as chernikovite and autunite [5]. Use of injection wells would help avoid construction of expensive barriers, and also the method can target deep plumes at locations where trenching to construct a PRB is infeasible or cost prohibitive. Furthermore, a methodology that involves injection of HA would allow for repetitive treatments to ensure that sufficient quantities of U(VI) were immobilized to protect the environment.
A conceptual schematic diagram illustrating the concept of injecting nano-HA to remediate a dissolved contaminant plume is shown in Figure 1. The overall goal of this study is to develop experimental datasets to investigate the feasibility of the remediation methodologies illustrated in this figure. The specific objectives of this study are to (1) synthesize and characterize nano-scale HA particles in laboratory, (2) investigate the transport characteristics of the synthesized nano-scale HA, and (3) demonstrate the reactivity of the nano-HA for treating U(VI) at different pH conditions.
2. Experimental
2.1. Material and Methods
All the chemicals used in the experiments were reagent grade. Chemicals used in this study, which include O-phosphoric acid, sodium nitrate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide, and nitric acid, were purchased from Fisher Chemical Company (Fisher Scientific, Fairlawn, NJ, USA). Calcium nitrate (CaN2O6·4H2O) was purchased from Acros Organic (Morris Plains, NJ, USA). Ammonium hydroxide (6 N) was purchased from Ricca Chemical Company (Arlington, TX, USA). The acids were trace metal grade, and the uranium standards and stock solutions were prepared from plasma-grade uranium standard (using depleted uranium).
2.2. Nano-HA Synthesis
Nano hydroxyapatite (NHA) was synthesized by reacting Ca(NO3)2·4H2O (0.1 M), and (NH4)2HPO4 (0.06 M) with ammonium hydroxide (1 M). The Ca(NO3)2 solution was vigorously stirred at room temperature and phosphate solution was added dropwise to the solution. The NH4OH was then slowly added drop wise to this mixture for about 30 min to produce a milky gelatinous hydroxyapatite precipitate (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2), which was washed with deionized water three times. The overall precipitation reaction for synthesizing hydroxyapatite can be written as
The reaction process described above is a modified version of an HA synthesis method described in previous studies [21, 22].
2.3. Batch Experiments
Batch adsorption experiments were conducted at room temperature (~295 K) in 50 mL polycarbonate centrifuge tubes, each tube yielding one data point. Experiments were performed in duplicates to verify the reproducibility of the results. The samples are prepared by mixing an appropriate amount of the HA, ionic strength adjuster (0.01 M NaNO3), acidified U(VI) stock solution (UO2(NO3)2), and distilled deionized water. In all the batch experiments, the pH of the solution was adjusted using 1 M NaOH or HNO3. The reacted samples were removed from the shaker and centrifuged to aid in filtration. The samples were opened and an aliquot of the supernatant was withdrawn and immediately filtered with a 0.45 μm syringe filter, and the pH of the remaining suspension was measured. The filtrate was analyzed to measure the values of aqueous U(VI) concentration levels using a kinetic phosphorescence analyzer (KPA) (model KPA-11, Chemchek Instruments, Richland, WA) after acidifying the filtrate to a pH value of 1. The level of uncertainty associated with the U(VI) analysis method is ±3% [23, 24].
2.4. Details of Porous Media Transport Experiments
A two-dimensional aquifer model packed with A-110 silica beads (Potters Industries, USA) was used in this study. A uniform flow field was established by maintaining a constant hydraulic gradient across the flow tank. Experimental details of the two-dimensional experiments are summarized in our previous work [25, 26]. Briefly, the dimensions of the flow container were 41 cm (length) × 1.1 cm (width) × 30 cm (height). Two chambers (each 5.5 cm wide) were situated at the left and right ends of the tank. A series of overflow orifices were used to control the water level (head) at either side of the flow tank. In all the transport experiments the ambient freshwater flowed by establishing a head difference of 0.7 cm across the chamber. The flow field was allowed to reach steady state for a period of 10 min before starting the nanoparticle injection experiments.
The freshwater supply source was marked with a small amount of nonsorbing red dye, and hence the entire tank appeared red prior to any injection. After establishing steady-state flow conditions, 20 mL of uncolored freshwater was injected into the porous media tank to characterize tracer transport through the physical system. The location of the injection point was approximately 11.2 cm from the left end and 17 cm from the bottom of the flow container. It took approximately 10 s to manually inject the 20 mL tracer slug. The movement of the tracer was recorded for about 15 min by taking high-resolution digital pictures at regular intervals. After completing the tracer study, we injected similar volume of nano-HA and recorded its migration patterns and compared it with the tracer data.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of NHA
SEM images of synthesized nano-HA particles and commercial HA powder purchased from Aldrich Chemicals are shown in Figure 2. The image confirms that the particles are on the order of 20 to 50 nanometers and are needle shaped.
The XRD data for nano-HA and a commercial HA powder are shown in Figure 3. The XRD data confirm that the lab synthesized nano-HA has peaks that correspond to the peaks of commercial crystalline HA.
3.2. Reactivity of Nano-HA with U(VI)
The percent removal of U(VI) by NHA was investigated using 1 mg L−1 of the U(VI) at different pH values, and the results are presented in Figure 4. The data show that almost 100% of U(VI) (at a concentration of 1 mg/L) can be removed by 0.5 g/L NHA at pH 5 to 6 (see Figure 4). The U(VI) removal capacity and the pH dependence pattern of the synthesized NHA were comparable to the commercial HA (data not shown here).
3.3. Transport of NHA in Porous Media Systems
The transport patterns of the tracer and NHA observed at different times are shown in Figure 5. The pictures at 0 min present the location of the plumes immediately after injection. Other pictures shown in the figure were taken at 2, 6, and 16 minutes. The data indicate that the freshwater tracer (deionized water) plume dispersed and moved horizontally and reached the right boundary after approximately 16 minutes of transport (see Figure 5(a)). The NHA plume also moved horizontally toward the right boundary at a rate nearly identical to the tracer transport rate (see Figure 5(b)).
Colloidal suspensions can be removed by the porous medium due to various physical and chemical processes including charge interaction, filtration, diffusion, interception, and/or sedimentation [27]. However, in the case of NHA, the transport was observed to be similar to that of a tracer plume. This implies that the transport of dilute NHA solutions will be controlled primarily by advection and dispersion processes. A mass balance analysis that compared the mass of injected NHA with the mass recovered in the effluent indicated that about 85% of NHA was transported through the system. The mass balance discrepancy of 15% is attributed to experimental errors; however, it is possible that an unrecoverable fraction of NHA particles remain trapped in the porous medium. Extraction of porous media samples obtained near the injection zone did not yield any recoverable amount of NHA.
In the published literature, no datasets are available that document the transport patterns of NHA in a two-dimensional (2D) flow tank packed with porous media. In an earlier report we studied the 2D transport of stabilized and unstabilized zero-valent iron nanoparticles through porous media [26] and found that density effects can play a significant role in transporting surface-modified iron nanoparticles. Such density effects were not observed in these NHA transport experiments. Since NHA moved like a tracer, this material could be used either for extracting contaminants or for in situ stabilization of contaminants, depending on site-specific needs and conditions.
4. Conclusions
The findings of this study demonstrate that nano-scale hydroxyapatite (NHA) materials could be used for developing treatment approaches for removing and/or immobilizing highly toxic radionuclides such as U(VI) in subsurface groundwater systems. These approaches would allow remediation of U(VI) without the need to excavate. Since HA has the potential to immobilize U(VI) to stable minerals such as autunite and chernikovite [5, 6], this process has important implication for in situ U(VI) remediation. Our flow tank data indicate that the transport characteristics of NHA are similar to tracer transport characteristics. The reactivity data show that NHA has a strong affinity to efficiently remove U(VI) around pH 5 to 6. More studies are, however, needed to further understand and scale up these processes to field-specific transport conditions.
This research was, in part, supported by the office of science (BER), US Department of Energy Grant no. DE-FG02-06ER64213, and the experiments were completed when the first author was employed at the Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL, USA. The first author is currently employed at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH, USA and is supported by a National Research Council Research Associateship Award.
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text: May 29th marks the first day of one of New York's best food festivals of the year, A New Taste of the Upper West Side. Join hosts Adam Richman of the Travel Channel and Gail Simmons, Top Chef judge and Special Project Director at Food & Wine magazine, in a celebration of NYC's gourmet dining culture. Notable local chefs along with over 40 restaurants will be showcasing signature dishes and tastings with a focus on "Comfort Classics" and "Best of the West". NYC's own DJ Presh and the 17-piece band "The NY Big Band" will provide live entertainment all weekend. Proceeds from the event will go toward the Columbus Avenue Streetscape project and the Wellness in Schools program. for more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.newtasteuws.com.