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  • Title: X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Investigation of Arsenite and Arsenate Adsorption at the Aluminum Oxide-Water Interface.
    Author: Arai Y, Elzinga EJ, Sparks DL.
    Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci; 2001 Mar 01; 235(1):80-88. PubMed ID: 11237445.
    Abstract:
    We investigated the As(III) and As(V) adsorption complexes forming at the gamma-Al(2)O(3)/water interface as a function of pH and ionic strength (I), using a combination of adsorption envelopes, electrophoretic mobility (EM) measurements, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The As adsorption envelopes show that (1) As(III) adsorption increases with increasing pH and is insensitive to I changes (0.01 and 0.8 M NaNO(3)) at pH 3-4.5, while adsorption decreases with increasing I between pH 4.5 and 9.0, and (2) As(V) adsorption decreases with increasing pH and is insensitive to I changes at pH 3.5-10. The EM measurements show that As(III) adsorption does not significantly change the EM values of gamma-Al(2)O(3) suspension in 0.1 M NaNO(3) at pH 4-8, whereas As(V) adsorption lowered the EM values at pH 4-10. The EXAFS data indicate that both As(III) and As(V) form inner-sphere complexes with a bidentate binuclear configuration, as evidenced by a As(III)-Al bond distance of congruent with3.22 Å and a As(V)-Al bond distance of congruent with3.11 Å. The As(III) XANES spectra, however, show that outer-sphere complexes are formed in addition to inner-sphere complexes and that the importance of outer-sphere As(III) complexes increases with increasing pH (5.5 to 8) and with decreasing I. In short, the data indicate for As(III) that inner- and outer-sphere adsorption coexist whereas for As(V) inner-sphere complexes are predominant under our experimental conditions. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
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