Fe oxidant

Under normal conditions about 95—97% of TiOg from ilmenite is solubilized. Most of the iron in the solution is in the Fe " oxidation state. Any Fe " present must be reduced to Fe " because iron can only be removed by crystallization in its divalent form. The reduction is usually done by adding some scrap iron during the digestion step. 

The pH effect in Fenton reactions is due to the Fe speciation. In highly acidic solutions containing noncoordinating species, Fe exists as Fe(H20)f. The composition as function of the pH is represented in Figure 6.3a. At increasing pH, Fe undergoes hydrolysis forming FeOH +, Fe(OH)2+, and finally FeO via binuclear, Fe2(OH)4, and polynuclear species. The aim of optimization is to avoid Fe precipitation, either bi-, poly-, or precipitated Fe oxides that are aU inactive in... 

H2S fugacity (/h2S)- It is thought that /hjS is controlled by pyrite, Fe-oxides such as magnetite, hematite and Fe-silicates such as chlorite. For instance, the following reaction is important for controlling /hjS (Giggenbach, 1997) ... 

J. Gerke, Solubilization of Fe(lll) from humic-Fe complexes, humic/Fe-oxide mixtures and from poorly ordered Fe-oxide by organic acids-consequences for P adsorption. Z. Pflanzenerncirhr. Bodenk. 156 253 (1993). 

Besides this iron meteorite, there have been four other rocks identified to be probably of meteoritic origin. These centimeter-sized pebbles, named Barberton, Santa Catarina, Santorini and Kasos, show troilite and/or kamacite signatures in the corresponding Mossbauer spectra [359]. The range of Fe oxidation states suggests the presence of a fusion cmst. The four cobbles have a very similar chemical composition determined by the APXS, and therefore they may be fragments of the same impactor that created Victoria Crater [361]. 

Some of the complications involved in multi-scale porosities and evolutionary paths within fractured rock systems have been explored. For example, in the Palmottu site of gneisses in Finland U, as well as Th, was found to be redistributed into fracture coatings of carbonates and Fe oxides (Suksi et al. 1991). Suksi and Rasilainen (1996) have demonstrated how U concentrated in these fracture fillings can implant daughters in the surrounding phases, generating large fractionations between and Th/ U. 

Virtually all subsequent surface science-related studies on Fe oxide films have been performed using the Pt(l 1 1) surface as a metallic substrate. The established preparation procedure for well-ordered Fe oxide films on Pt(l 11) involves PVDof Fe in 1-2 M L quantities onto clean Pt(l 11), followed by annealing in oxygen at elevated temperature this process can be repeated until oxide layers of the desired thickness have been formed. The preparation of Fe oxides on Pt(l 1 1) and the morphology of the resulting films as a function of the preparation parameters as well as the properties of Fe oxides in relation to catalysis have been comprehensively reviewed by Weiss and Ranke [106]. 

All Fe oxide films on Pt have strongly relaxed, unreconstructed bulk-terminated surfaces, but while the Fe304 and Fe203 oxide layers are similar to their respective bulk compounds, the ultrathin FeO layers are true 2D oxide phases that are different from the FeO bulk and stabilized by the metal-oxide interface. 

Grossman and Millet (1961) found that the free Fe-oxide concentration in noncalcareous soils was unchanged after contact with this buffer for nine weeks. Other researchers have shown that acetic acid at a concentration of 2.5% and pH 2.5 led to a partial attack of Fe and Mn oxides (Nissenbaum, 1972 Mclaren and Crawford, 1973 Tessier et al., 1979). Tessier et al. (1979) also indicated that this buffer solution at pH 5.0 was minimal in the attack of silicate minerals and sulfide. 

Carbonate/Mobilizable, 3 Easily reducible oxide/Mn oxide, 4 Organic matter, 5 Reducible oxide/Fe oxide... 

In addition, the removal of organic matter and Fe oxides from soils and sediments is common practice as a pretreatment for soils prior to physical, chemical and biological analyses. The effects of the removal of these components on physicochemical and surface chemical properties of soils will be discussed as well. 

Metal sorption on Fe/Al oxides is an inner sphere complexion. The formation of a surface-metal bond releases protons for every metal ion adsorbed. Heavy metal sorbed on Fe oxides can be exchanged only by other metal cations having a similar affinity or by H (McBride, 1989). Metal adsorption on Fe oxides is an initial rapid adsorption reaction, followed by slow diffusion (Barrow et al., 1989). Metal ions (Ni2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+) slowly... 

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