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Chemical, Hr-Xrd and Spectroscopic Approaches to Short-Time Dissolution Behavior of Kaolin1tic Soils

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

N. Malengreau  and
G. Sposito
N. Malengreau
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosystem Sciences Division, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720, USA.
G. Sposito
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Ecosystem Sciences Division, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720, USA.
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Abstract

Batch experiments were conducted at varying proton concentrations on a representative tropical soil in order to investigate its dissolution behavior over a 12h period. The release kinetics of Al, Fe, Si and C were investigated over a 2 to 6 pH range. The pH-dependence exhibited a “point of minimum dissolution” at pH ≈ p.z.n.c. Light scattering measurements on supernatant solutions indicated that colloids were dispersed mainly at pH > p.z.n.c. These results suggested a two-pathway dissolution process, with organic matter playing a role in both pathways. High-resolution X-ray diffraction as well as electron spin resonance and diffuse reflectance spectroscopies, were applied to characterize solid-phase transformations in the course of dissolution. With the exception of quartz, all mineralogical phases (kaolinite, and minor phases such as Fe-, Al- and Ti-oxides) remained unchanged or were slightly affected. A significant loss of quartz (about 10% by mass) was observed after a 12h dissolution at pH 2. Minor phases might have played an important role in stabilizing kaolinite, and dissolved silica may have hindered the dissolution of minor phases.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 432: Symposium S – Aqueous Chemistry and Geochemistry of Oxides , 1996 , 289
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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