Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006gecoa..70.5270f&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 70, Issue 21, p. 5270-5284.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Detailed understanding of the respective roles of solution and surface parameters on the reactions at uranyl solution/Al-(hydr)oxide interfaces is crucial to model accurately the behaviour of U in nature. We report studies on the effects of the initial aqueous uranyl speciation in moderately acidic solutions, e.g. of mononuclear, polynuclear uranyl species and/or (potential) U(VI) colloids, on the sorption of U by large surface areas of amorphous Al-hydroxide. Investigations by Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) and Time-Resolved Laser-induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TRLFS) reveal similar U coordination environments on Al-hydroxide for low to moderate U loadings of sorption samples obtained at pH 4 5, independently of the presence of mononuclear or polynuclear aqueous species, or of the potential instability of initial solutions favoring true U-colloids formation. EXAFS data can be interpreted in terms of a dimeric, bidentate, inner-sphere uranyl surface complex as an average of the U surface structures. TRLFS data, however, provide valuable insights into the complex U surface speciation. They indicate multiple uranyl surface species under moderately acidic conditions, as predominant mononuclear and/or dinuclear, inner-sphere surface complexes and as additional minor species having U atoms in a uranyl (hydr)oxide-like coordination environment. The additional species probably occur as surface polymers and/or as adsorbed true U colloids, depending on the aqueous U concentration level (1 100 μM). These results are of importance because they suggest that Al-hydroxide surface characteristics strongly control uranyl surface species in moderately acidic systems.
Barillon Rémi
Del Nero Mireille
Froideval A.
Gaillard Christophe
Hazemann Jean-Louis
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