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Effect of the Presence of Aluminum Ions in Iron Solutions on the Formation of Iron Oxyhydroxides (FeOOH) at Room Temperature Under Acidic Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

S. Shah Singh  and
Hideomi Kodama
S. Shah Singh
Affiliation:
Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6 Canada
Hideomi Kodama
Affiliation:
Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Research Branch Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6 Canada
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Abstract

The hydrolytic behavior of Fe solutions at room temperature under acidic conditions was investigated. In the presence of Al ions, with Cl and NO3 as associated anions, the Fe hydrolysis began almost instantaneously and a crystalline β-FeOOH (akaganeite) was formed in the AlCl3/FeCl3 system within a short period. Initially the particles were small with large surface area. However, with time the particles grew in size and the surface area decreased. After about 42 days of equilibration, the akaganeite particles grew to 60–300 nm long, 10–50 nm wide and with a surface area of 55 m2/g, which is similar to other reports for akaganeite prepared at higher temperatures. In the NO3 system [Al(NO3)3/Fe(NO3)3], lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH) and goethite (α-FeOOH) were formed. In a mixed anion system (Cl/NO3) solid phases identified were akaganeite (β-FeOOH) and lepidocrocite (γ,-FeOOH). The introduction of poly-nuclear hydroxy-Al along with monomer Al in Cl and NO3 systems of Fe affected the quantity and quality of the solid phase. The crystallinity of β-FeOOH formed in the presence of polynuclear hydroxy-Al ions in a Cl-system was more disordered than when it formed in the presence of monomer Al-ions alone. In NO3 systems, polynuclear hydroxy-Al hindered the formation of goethite (α-FeOOH). Our experiments showed that Fe oxyhydroxides crystallize readily under acidic conditions in the presence of Al ions and the data also indicated that the Cl was essential for the crystallization of akaganeite, whereas goethite was formed in those systems when Cl was absent.

Keywords

AkaganeiteAluminumHydroxy-aluminum ionsIron hydrolysisTransmission electron microscopyX-ray diffraction
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 42 , Issue 5 , October 1994 , pp. 606 - 613
Copyright
Copyright © 1994, Clay Minerals Society

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Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research Contribution 93-53.

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