Antimony(V) Incorporation into Schwertmannite: Critical Insights on Antimony Retention in Acidic Environments

Title
Antimony(V) Incorporation into Schwertmannite: Critical Insights on Antimony Retention in Acidic Environments
Publication Date
2022-11-29
Author(s)
Rastegari, Mohammad
Karimian, Niloofar
Johnston, Scott G
Doherty, Steven J
Hamilton, Jessica L
Choppala, Girish
Hosseinpour Moghaddam, Mona
Burton, Edward D
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1021/acs.est.2c07341
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/62376
Abstract

This study examines incorporation of Sb(V) into schwertmannite─an Fe(III) oxyhydroxysulfate mineral that can be an important Sb host phase in acidic environments. Schwertmannite was synthesized from solutions containing a range of Sb(V)/Fe(III) ratios, and the resulting solids were investigated using geochemical analysis, powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), dissolution kinetic experiments, and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy. Shell-fitting and wavelet transform analyses of Sb K-edge EXAFS data, together with congruent Sb and Fe release during schwertmannite dissolution, indicate that schwertmannite incorporates Sb(V) via heterovalent substitution for Fe(III). Elemental analysis combined with XRD and Fe K-edge EXAFS spectroscopy shows that schwertmannite can incorporate Sb(V) via this mechanism at up to about 8 mol % substitution when formed from solutions having Sb/Fe ratios ≤0.04 (higher ratios inhibit schwertmannite formation). Incorporation of Sb(V) into schwertmannite involves formation of edge and double-corner sharing linkages between SbVO6 and FeIII(O,OH)6 octahedra which strongly stabilize schwertmannite against dissolution. This implies that Sb(V)-coprecipitated schwertmannite may represent a potential long-term sink for Sb in acidic environments.

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Citation
Environmental Science & Technology, 56(24), p. 17776-17784
ISSN
1520-5851
0013-936X
Pubmed ID
36445713
Start page
17776
End page
17784

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