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T1 - Formation of green rust sulfate : a combined in situ time-resolved X-ray scattering and electrochemical study.
AU - Ahmed, Imad A. M.
AU - Benning, Liane G.
AU - Kakonyi, Gabriella
AU - Sumoondur, Aryani D.
AU - Terrill, Nick J.
AU - Shaw, Samuel
PY - 2010/5/4
Y1 - 2010/5/4
N2 - The mechanism of green rust sulfate (GR-SO4) formation was determined using a novel in situ approach combining time-resolved synchrotron-based wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) with highly controlled chemical synthesis and electrochemical (i.e., Eh and pH) monitoring of the reaction. Using this approach,GR-SO4 was synthesized under strictly anaerobic conditions by coprecipitation from solutions with known FeII/FeIII ratios (i.e., 1.28 and 2) via the controlled increase of pH. The reaction in both systems proceeded via a three-stage precipitation and transformation reaction. During the first stage,schwertmannite (Fe8O8(OH)4.5(SO4)1.75) precipitated directly from solution at pH 2.8−4.5. With increasing pH (>5), Fe2+ ions adsorb to the surface of schwertmannite and catalyze its transformation to goethite (α-FeOOH) during the second stage of the reaction. In the third stage, the hydrolysis of the adsorbed Fe2+ ions on goethite initiates its transformation to GR-SO4 at pH >7. The GR-SO4 then continues to crystallize up to pH ∼8.5. These results suggest that with an FeII/FeIII ratio of ≤2 in the initial solution the structural FeII/FeIII of the GR-SO4 will be close to that of the starting composition.
AB - The mechanism of green rust sulfate (GR-SO4) formation was determined using a novel in situ approach combining time-resolved synchrotron-based wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) with highly controlled chemical synthesis and electrochemical (i.e., Eh and pH) monitoring of the reaction. Using this approach,GR-SO4 was synthesized under strictly anaerobic conditions by coprecipitation from solutions with known FeII/FeIII ratios (i.e., 1.28 and 2) via the controlled increase of pH. The reaction in both systems proceeded via a three-stage precipitation and transformation reaction. During the first stage,schwertmannite (Fe8O8(OH)4.5(SO4)1.75) precipitated directly from solution at pH 2.8−4.5. With increasing pH (>5), Fe2+ ions adsorb to the surface of schwertmannite and catalyze its transformation to goethite (α-FeOOH) during the second stage of the reaction. In the third stage, the hydrolysis of the adsorbed Fe2+ ions on goethite initiates its transformation to GR-SO4 at pH >7. The GR-SO4 then continues to crystallize up to pH ∼8.5. These results suggest that with an FeII/FeIII ratio of ≤2 in the initial solution the structural FeII/FeIII of the GR-SO4 will be close to that of the starting composition.
KW - Green Rust
KW - Stability
KW - Synchrotron
KW - X-ray Scattering
KW - SAXS
KW - WAXS
KW - Schwertmannite
KW - Goethite
KW - X-ray Diffraction
U2 - 10.1021/la903935j
DO - 10.1021/la903935j
M3 - Journal article
VL - 26
SP - 6593
EP - 6603
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
SN - 1520-5827
IS - 9
ER -