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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 14, Pages 9854-9863Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00916
Keywords
birnessite; feitknechtite; manganite; hausmannite; antimony; Mn(II); X-ray absorption spectroscopy; Mn EXAFS; Sb XANES
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Funding
- Australian Research Council [DP170103021, FT200100449]
- University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence Alexander von Humboldt
- Environmental Analysis Laboratory (EAL)
- Australian Research Council [FT200100449] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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The study found that different loadings of antimonate (Sb(V)) sorbed to birnessite influence the products formed during Mn(II)-induced transformation. Low concentrations of Sb(V) triggered the transformation of birnessite to a feitknechtite intermediary phase, while medium and high concentrations led to the formation of different Mn oxide phases. The presence of Sb(V) enhanced Sb removal during the transformation process, attenuating Sb mobility via incorporation into the secondary Mn oxide phases.
Manganese (Mn) oxides, such as birnessite (delta-MnO2), are ubiquitous mineral phases in soils and sediments that can interact strongly with antimony (Sb). The reaction between birnessite and aqueous Mn(II) can induce the formation of secondary Mn oxides. Here, we studied to what extent different loadings of antimonate (herein termed Sb(V)) sorbed to birnessite determine the products formed during Mn(II)-induced transformation (at pH 7.5) and corresponding changes in Sb behavior. In the presence of 10 mM Mn(II)(aq), low Sb(V)(aq) (10 mu mol L-1) triggered the transformation of birnessite to a feitknechtite (beta-Mn(III)OOH) intermediary phase within 1 day, which further transformed into manganite (gamma-Mn-(III)OOH) over 30 days. Medium and high concentrations of Sb(V)(aq) (200 and 600 mu mol L-1 respectively) led to the formation of manganite, hausmannite (Mn(II)Mn(III)(2)O-4), and groutite (aMn(III)OOH). The reaction of Mn(II) with birnessite enhanced Sb(V)(aq) removal compared to Mn(II)-free treatments. Antimony K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy revealed that heterovalent substitution of Sb(V) for Mn(III) occurred within the secondary Mn oxides, which formed via the Mn(II)-induced transformation of Sb(V)-sorbed birnessite. Overall, Sb(V) strongly influenced the products of the Mn(II)-induced transformation of birnessite, which in turn attenuated Sb mobility via incorporation of Sb(V) within the secondary Mn oxide phases.
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