STUDIES OF THE REACTIVITY OF THE FERRIHYDRITE SURFACE BY IRON ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE AND MOSSBAUER-SPECTROSCOPY

被引:42
作者
REA, BA
DAVIS, JA
WAYCHUNAS, GA
机构
[1] US GEOL SURVEY,SERV WATER RESOURCES,MENLO PK,CA 94025
[2] STANFORD UNIV,CTR MAT RES,STANFORD,CA 94305
关键词
ADSORPTION; ARSENATE; DISSOLUTION KINETICS; FERRIHYDRITE; IRON OCTAHEDRA; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; REACTIVE SITES; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;
D O I
10.1346/CCMN.1994.0420104
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Two-line ferrihydrite is an important adsorbent of many toxics in natural and anthropogenic systems; however, the specific structural sites responsible for the high adsorption capacity are not well understood. A combination of chemical and spectroscopic techniques have been employed in this study to gain further insight into the structural nature of sites at the ferrihydrite surface. The kinetics of iron isotopic exchange demonstrated that there are at least two types of iron sites in ferrihydrite. One population of sites, referred to as labile sites, approached iron isotopic equilibrium within 24 hr in Fe-59-NTA solutions, while the second population of sites, referred to as non-labile, exhibited a much slower rate of isotopic exchange. Adsorbed arsenate reduced the degree of exchange by labile sites, indicating that the anion blocked or greatly inhibited the rate of exchange of these sites. Mossbauer spectra were collected from a variety of samples including Fe-56-ferrihydrite samples with Fe-57 in labile sites, samples containing Fe-57 throughout the structure, and samples with Fe-57 in non-labile sites. The spectra showed characteristic broad doublets signifying poor structural order. Refined fits of the spectra indicated that labile sites have larger quadrupole splitting, hence more local distortion, than non-labile sites. In all cases, the spectra demonstrated some degree of asymmetry, indicating a distribution of Fe environments in ferrihydrite. Overall spectral findings, combined with recent EXAFS results (Waychunas et al., 1993), indicate that labile sites likely are more reactive (with respect to iron isotopic exchange) because they have fewer neighboring Fe octahedra and are therefore bound less strongly to the ferrihydrite structure. The labile population of sites probably is composed of end sites of the dioctahedral chain structure of 2-line ferrihydrite, which is a subset of the entire population of surface sites. Mossbauer spectra of samples containing adsorbed arsenate indicated that the anion may slightly decrease the distortion of labile sites and stabilized the structure as a whole by bidentate bonding.
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