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Arsenate and Chromate Retention Mechanisms on Goethite. 1. Surface Structure

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In this paper, the authors used Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to deduce the local coordination environment of two environmental contaminants, arsenate and chromate, on the mineral goethite (α-FeOOH).
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The molecular structure of ions retained on mineral surfaces is needed to accurately model their sorption process and to determine their stability. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy was used in this study to deduce the local coordination environment of two environmental contaminants, arsenate and chromate, on the mineral goethite (α-FeOOH). Based on the oxyanion−Fe distances, it was concluded that three different surface complexes exist on goethite for both oxyanions:  a monodentate complex, a bidentate-binuclear complex, and a bidentate-mononuclear complex. At low surface coverages, the monodentate complex was favored while at higher coverages the bidentate complexes were more prevalentthe bidentate-binuclear complex appears to be in the greatest proportion at these highest surface coverages. Therefore, modeling efforts for chromate or arsenate retention on goethite need to consider a monodentate complex at very low coverages, both the monodentate and bidentate complexes at in...

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INCORPORATION OF Mo6+ IN FERRIHYDRITE, GOETHITE, AND HEMATITE

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the relation between Mo content and its structural incorporation in hematite, goethite, and six-line ferrihydrite by a combination of X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), powder Xray diffraction (pXRD), and inductively-coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES).
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Sorption of Arsenic, Mercury, Selenium onto Nanostructured Adsorbent Media and Stabilization via Surface Reactions

Dong Suk Han
TL;DR: Han et al. as discussed by the authors evaluated the ability of novel nanostructured adsorbent media (NTAs, iron sulfides (FeS2 and FeS)) to remove arsenic, selenium and mercury from ash and scrubber pond effluents.
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Two-dimensional MXene for efficient arsenic removal from aqueous solutions: experimental and molecular dynamics simulation

TL;DR: In this paper, a 2D titanium carbide nanosheet was used as a nanoadsorbent for the removal of toxic arsenic species from water, which exhibited high sorption capacities and fast kinetics for As(III) removal from water.
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Processes and conditions affecting elevated arsenic concentrations in groundwaters of Tulare Basin, California, USA

TL;DR: In this article, high concentrations of arsenic (As) in the shallow and deep groundwaters of the Tulare Basin in California, USA, pose a hazardous risk to drinking water supplies and the complexities of interactions among multi aquifers and water flow present challenges in identifying the source of As and its movement.
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Iron Vacancy Accelerates Fe(II)-Induced Anoxic As(III) Oxidation Coupled to Iron Reduction.

TL;DR: In this article , the authors show that As(III) oxidation can be facilitated by Fe oxyhydroxides (i.e., goethite) under anoxic conditions coupled with the reduction of structural Fe(III).
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Environmental Chemistry of Soils

M. B. McBride
TL;DR: In this article, an introduction to modern soil chemistry describes chemical processes in soils in terms of established principles of inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry, providing an understanding of the structure of the solid mineral and organic materials from which soils are formed.
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Iron Oxides in the Laboratory: Preparation and Characterization

TL;DR: In this paper, the main aim of the second edition is to present reliable, well-tested, up-to-date methods of synthesizing pure iron oxides, including monodispersed particles, presently of great interest to industry.
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Surface chemistry of ferrihydrite: Part 1. EXAFS studies of the geometry of coprecipitated and adsorbed arsenate

TL;DR: In this article, the As and Fe K-edges were collected from samples of two-line ferrihydrite with adsorbed (ADS) and coprecipitated (CPT) arsenate prepared over a range of conditions and arsenate surface coverages.
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