Transformation of two-line ferrihydrite to goethite and hematite as a function of pH and temperature

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 268-275

  Das, Soumya ^a   Hendry, M Jim ^a   Essilfie Dughan, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS CONDITION; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT; CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; DOMINANT PRODUCT; FERRIHYDRITES; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; PH-DEPENDENT TRANSFORMATION; REACTION TIME; SEM; SIMULTANEOUS FORMATION; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE; TWO STAGE; TWO-LINE; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY; XANES; XRD;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON ORES; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HEMATITE;

FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERRIHYDRITE; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; PH; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; PH; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXIDES; IRON COMPOUNDS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78650694541     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101903y     Document Type: Article

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