“…Zero valent iron (ZVI) has been widely applied to degrade a variety of pollutants via reductive pathways, including the reductive transformation of halogenated solvents and reducible inorganic contaminants to less toxic products. − More recently, it has been demonstrated that the corrosion of ZVI in aerated systems can lead to the oxidation of inorganic contaminants and refractory organic pollutants that are difficult to remove through reductive pathways. − The corrosion of ZVI driven by dissolved oxygen (DO) has been reported to produce reactive oxygen intermediates (O 2 •‑ and H 2 O 2 ) and Fe(II) with further reaction between these products generating strongly oxidizing hydroxyl radicals (HO • ) and/or Fe(IV)O 2+ species via the Fenton reaction. ,,, The Fe(II) species formed during Fe(0) corrosion are oxidized, by both O 2 and H 2 O 2 , with the resulting Fe(III) species readily hydrolyzing and precipitating to form various Fe(III) (oxyhydr)oxides that provide surface adsorption sites for contaminants . The oxidation products of ZVI vary with the oxidants (e.g., H 2 O 2 , O 2 , KMnO 4 , NaClO) ,− and targeted contaminants. , Although various types of iron oxyhdroxides, such as goethite, hematite, magnetite and other amorphous phases of iron oxides/hydroxides can be produced from the intensive surface reaction between ZVI and strong oxidants such as H 2 O 2 , KMnO 4 , NaOCl, however ferrihydrite and lepidocrocite are the main products formed during ZVI oxidation in air. − …”