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384.4 Extracti<strong>on</strong> MethodsIn this study, the total Fe <strong>oxide</strong> c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> was determined with a modified dithi<strong>on</strong>itecitratemethod based <strong>on</strong> Ross <strong>and</strong> Wang (1993), dissolving the ferric <strong>oxide</strong> via shakingsamples at ambient temperature overnight in a reducing <strong>and</strong> complexing soluti<strong>on</strong> of 0.68M sodium citrate soluti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> dithi<strong>on</strong>ite (sodium hydrosulfite). The supernatant was thenanalyzed with atomic absorpti<strong>on</strong> spectrophotometry (AA) (Ross <strong>and</strong> Wang, 1993).Amorphous Fe <strong>oxide</strong> was extracted with hydroxylamine hydrochloridehydrochloricacid soluti<strong>on</strong> (0.25 M NH2OH•HC1, 0.25 M HC1) following the sameprocedure as for total Fe c<strong>on</strong>tent (Ross <strong>and</strong> Wang, 1993). The crystalline Fe <strong>oxide</strong>c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> is the difference between the total <strong>and</strong> amorphous Fe <strong>oxide</strong>.4.5 Characterizati<strong>on</strong> of Un<strong>coated</strong> <strong>and</strong> Coated SilicaStudies have shown that the <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> of trace elements by mixed solids is related to thec<strong>on</strong>tent <strong>and</strong> interacti<strong>on</strong> of the comp<strong>on</strong>ent minerals; limited knowledge of the physicalchemicalcharacteristics of the system has restricted our ability to predict the distributi<strong>on</strong>of trace elements in aquatic <strong>and</strong> soil envir<strong>on</strong>ments (Meng <strong>and</strong> Letterman, 1993a). Theinformati<strong>on</strong> obtained from X-ray analysis, particle size analysis, electr<strong>on</strong> microscopy,surface area, <strong>and</strong> the point of zero charge are helpful in explaining <str<strong>on</strong>g>adsorpti<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g>.4.5.1 X-Ray Diffracti<strong>on</strong> (XRD)Mineralogy was assessed with a PW3040-MPD XRD (Philips Electr<strong>on</strong>ic InstrumentsCompany). The <strong>silica</strong> particles were placed in the sample holder with the back fillingtechnique. Diffracti<strong>on</strong> data were obtained by step-scans using Cu K-a radiati<strong>on</strong>

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