Oxygen isotope evidence for sorption of molecular oxygen to pyrite surface sites and incorporation into sulfate in oxidation experiments

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2072-2092

  Tichomirowa, Marion ^a   Junghans, Manuela ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BULK CONTRIBUTIONS; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXCHANGE RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FREE ACCESS; GRAIN SIZE; INITIAL OXIDATION; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE EXCHANGE; ISOTOPE VALUES; OPEN CONDITION; OXIDATION OF FE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PH RANGE; PYRITE OXIDATION; PYRITE SURFACES; SULFIDE OXIDATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WATER MOLECULE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMISORPTION; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTS; IRON COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MINING; OXIDATION; PYRITES;

MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PH; PYRITE; SORPTION; SULFATE;

EID: 70350568159     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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