Differential redox and sorption of Cr (III/VI) on natural silicate and oxide minerals: EXAFS and XANES results

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Synchrotron-based X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy was used to investigate the reduction of aqueous Cr(VI) to Cr(III) in magnetite-bearing soils from Cr-contaminated sites. Soils from two field sites were examined, showing that mixed-valence Cr(III/VI) effluent is reduced to Cr(III) when associated with the magnetite fraction of the soil, whereas the Cr effluent associated with non-Fe(II) -bearing minerals results in mixed Cr(III/VI) adsorbates or precipitated phases. The Fe2+ in magnetite, Fe2+Fe23+O4, may act as an electron source for heterogeneous Cr(VI)-to-Cr(III) reduction, converting magnetite topotactically to maghemite, γ-Fe23++O3. The ratio of Cr(VI)/total Cr was determined by the height of the Cr(VI) XAFS pre-edge feature, which is due to a is to 3d electronic transition. This pre-edge feature was calibrated as a function of Cr(VI)Cr(III) using mixtures of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) model compounds. Environmental remediation of Cr-contaminated sites requires knowledge of chromium oxidation and speciation, and XAFS spectroscopy may be used to supply both types of information with minimal sample processing or data analysis.

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