Article ; Online: Antimony (V) Adsorption at the Hematite–Water Interface
Soil Systems, Vol 5, Iss 20, p
A Macroscopic and In Situ ATR-FTIR Study
2021 Volume 20
Abstract: ... Iron oxide minerals are considered major sinks for Sb. Among the different oxidation states of Sb, (+) V is ... found more commonly in a wide redox range. Despite many adsorption studies of Sb (V) with various ... iron oxide minerals, detailed research on the adsorption mechanism of Sb (V) on hematite using macroscopic ...
Abstract | The environmental mobility of antimony (Sb) is largely unexplored in geochemical environments. Iron oxide minerals are considered major sinks for Sb. Among the different oxidation states of Sb, (+) V is found more commonly in a wide redox range. Despite many adsorption studies of Sb (V) with various iron oxide minerals, detailed research on the adsorption mechanism of Sb (V) on hematite using macroscopic, spectroscopic, and surface complexation modeling is rare. Thus, the main objective of our study is to evaluate the surface complexation mechanism of Sb (V) on hematite under a range of solution properties using macroscopic, in situ attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopic, and surface complexation modeling. The results indicate that the Sb (V) adsorption on hematite was highest at pH 4–6. After pH 6, the adsorption decreased sharply and became negligible above pH 9. The effect of ionic strength was negligible from pH 4 to 6. The spectroscopic results confirmed the presence of inner- and outer-sphere surface complexes at lower pH values, and only outer-sphere-type surface complex at pH 8. Surface complexation models successfully predicted the Sb (V) adsorption envelope. Our research will improve the understanding of Sb (V) mobility in iron-oxide-rich environments. |
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Keywords | adsorption ; antimony ; hematite ; ATR-FTIR ; mechanism ; surface complexation modeling ; Physical geography ; GB3-5030 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999 |
Subject code | 540 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z |
Publisher | MDPI AG |
Document type | Article ; Online |
Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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