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Heavy metal adsorption on iron oxide and iron oxide-coated silica ...

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CHAPTER 8NI(II) COMPLEXATION TO AMORPHOUS HYDROUS FERRIC OXIDE:AN X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY STUDYIn this chapter, Ni/HFO sorpti<strong>on</strong> samples are analyzed with XAS at the Ni K-edge <strong>and</strong> FeK-edge. Macroscopic <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> studies are performed first to prepare XAS samples.8.1 Ni/HFO Adsorpti<strong>on</strong> StudiesNi <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> studies were c<strong>on</strong>ducted to investigate the effect of i<strong>on</strong>ic strength, pH, <strong>and</strong>Ni c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>. The characteristic sigmoid shape of the edges (Figure 8.1) shows 50%<str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> at pH 6. C<strong>on</strong>sistent with others (Green-Pedersen et al. 1997; Hayes <strong>and</strong>Leckie, 1987; Dzombak <strong>and</strong> Morel, 1990), i<strong>on</strong>ic strength did not affect <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>potentially suggesting that Ni i<strong>on</strong>s form inner-sphere complexes <strong>on</strong> the HFO surface.From isotherms (Figure 8.2), the sorbed c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> is linearly related to the bulkaqueous <strong>on</strong>e over a large c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> range (10 -11 10 -3 M), potentially indicative of <strong>on</strong>eaverage type of <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> site. This linear relati<strong>on</strong>ship was also observed in a studyc<strong>on</strong>ducted by Trivedi <strong>and</strong> Axe (2001b). The molecular level EXAFS analysis furtheraddresses <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> mechanisms.8.2 EXAFS Analysis of NiThe measurement of EXAFS spectra at energies just greater than the Fe K-edge (i.e. Co,Ni, <strong>and</strong> Cu) is difficult because the fluorescence signal from trace elements is typicallytwo orders of magnitude less intense (1:100) than the Fe fluorescence from the matrix(Manceau et al. 2000). To overcome this difficulty, either a high flux X-ray beam or107

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