As(III) immobilization on gibbsite: Investigation of the complexation mechanism by combining EXAFS analyses and DFT calculations

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 83, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-216

  Duarte, Graziele ^a,e   Ciminelli, Virginia S T ^a,e   Dantas, Maria S S ^a,e   Duarte, Helio A ^a,e   Vasconcelos, Igor F ^b,e   Oliveira, Augusto F ^c,e   Osseo Asare, Kwadwo ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e National Institute of Science and Technology on Minerals Resources   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; ARSENITE; COMPLEXATION; GIBBSITE; IMMOBILIZATION; MOBILITY; PH;

EID: 84858288115     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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