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Surface complexation modelling of arsenate and copper adsorbed at the goethite/water interface
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry.
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry. (Arcum)
2013 (English)In: Applied Geochemistry, ISSN 0883-2927, E-ISSN 1872-9134, Vol. 35, p. 64-74Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The co-adsorption of Cu(II) and arsenate onto the surface of goethite has been studied by performing adsorption experiments and potentiometric titrations, and a surface complexation model has been developed to describe the experimental results. Models for the binary systems, Cu-goethite and arsenate-goethite, were acquired separately and the model parameters were then included in the ternary system, together with the solubility products of solid Cu(II) arsenates reported in the literature. The adsorption of Cu(II) was described applying a model in which Cu(II) forms bidentate bridging mono- and binuclear surface complexes. According to recent interpretations of ATR-FTIR and EXAFS data the arsenate ions are assumed to be coordinated in a monodentate fashion to singly coordinated hydroxyl groups at the surface, and hydrogen-bonded to neighbouring triply coordinated surface oxide sites. In the case of co-adsorption of Cu(II) and arsenate, the adsorption could not be predicted by applying the combined model from the two binary systems. Two ternary Cu(II)-arsenate-goethite surface complexes must be included, one complex in which an arsenate ion is coordinating to surface Fe(III) (≡FeOAsO3Cu0.5-) and one complex in which arsenate is bound to the surface by coordinating to an adsorbed Cu(II) ion (≡(Fe3OFeOH)Cu2(OH)2HAsO41-). No solid Cu (II) arsenate phases were formed under the experimental conditions in the present study. From constructed predominance area diagrams, the significance of adsorption and precipitation processes are discussed. Furthermore, calculated solubility of Cu(II) and As(V) is used to indicate optimum conditions for the cleaning of contaminated natural waters.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oxford: Elsevier, 2013. Vol. 35, p. 64-74
Keywords [en]
initio molecular geometries, solid solution interface, alpha-FeOOH, exafs spectroscopy, aqueous solution, oxide minerals, adsorption, (hydr)oxides, speciation, water
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Chemical Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52960DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2013.03.007ISI: 000322065800008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84880332415OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-52960DiVA, id: diva2:508233
Available from: 2012-03-07 Created: 2012-03-07 Last updated: 2023-03-24Bibliographically approved
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1. Modelling precipitation and surface complexation reactions in systems with Goethite, Cu(II) and Oxyanions Containing As(V) or P(V)
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Modelling precipitation and surface complexation reactions in systems with Goethite, Cu(II) and Oxyanions Containing As(V) or P(V)
2012 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The aqueous solubility of oxyanion (e.g. phosphates and arsenates), and thereby their mobility, bioavailability (phosphates) and toxicity (arsenates), in soils and sediments is dependent upon their chemical speciation. In complex, multicomponent systems, equilibrium modelling can be a useful tool to predict chemical speciation. When establishing a model, it is essential to understand the interactions between all the components not only in solution but also on mineral surfaces at a molecular level. By applying surface complexation models processes at mineral surfaces can be accounted for.

This thesis is a summary of four papers and focuses on surface complexation of the oxyanions arsenate, phosphate and monomethyl phosphate adsorbed onto the surface of goethite (α-FeOOH). Furthermore, adsorption and precipitation of copper(II) arsenates from aqueous solutions has been studied.

Solid copper(II) arsenates obtained in precipitation experiments were characterised and five different solid phases with different Cu(II) to As(V) ratio, as well as proton and Na

+content, were identified; Cu5Na(HAsO4)(AsO4)3(s), Cu5Na2(AsO4)4(s), Cu3(AsO4)2(s), Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3(s) and Cu2(AsO4)(OH)(s). The adsorption of arsenate and copper(II) to the goethite surface, could not be predicted by only applying the combined model from the two binary systems, arsenate-goethite and copper(II)-goethite. Instead, two ternary copper-arsenate-goethite surface complexes were added. In one of the surface complexes arsenate is bound to goethite surface via a copper(II) ion coordinating to surface hydroxyl groups and in the other surface complex, copper(II) is coordinating arsenate bound to the goethite surface.

Surface complexation models, in agreement with macroscopic data and detailed spectroscopic results, were designed for monomethyl phosphate, phosphate and arsenate adsorbed to goethite. The models contain monodentate inner sphere surface complexes stabilized by hydrogen bonding to neighbouring surface sites. The charge distribution of the complexes was assigned according to Pauling’s valence bond theory.

The monomethyl phosphate model consists of three singly protonated surface isomers, only differentiated by the location of the proton . In the case of phosphate and arsenate, six surface complexes, including two pair-wise surface isomers, are suggested to form; ≡FeOAsO

32.5-; (≡FeOAsO3; ≡Fe3OH)2-;(≡FeOAsO3H; ≡Fe3O)2-; (≡FeOAsO3H; ≡Fe3OH)1-; (≡FeOAsO3H2; ≡Fe3O)1- and ≡FeOAsO3H20.5-. A combination of structural information from spectroscopic measurements and quantitative data from spectroscopy, potentiometry and adsorption experiments provides a better understanding of the complexity of the coordination chemistry of particle surfaces and forms the basis for equilibrium models with high physical/chemical relevance.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Umeå: Umeå Universitet, 2012. p. 36
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Chemical Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52970 (URN)978-91-7459-381-5 (ISBN)
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2012-03-30, KBC-huset, KB3A9, Umeå universitet, Umeå, 10:00
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Available from: 2012-03-09 Created: 2012-03-08 Last updated: 2018-06-08Bibliographically approved

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