Uranium(VI) adsorption to ferrihydrite: Application of a surface complexation model
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Abstract
A study of U(VI) adsorption by ferrihydrite was conducted over a wide range of U(VI) concentrations, pH, and at two partial pressures of carbon dioxide. A two-site (strong- and weak-affinity sites, FesOH and FewOH, respectively) surface complexation model was able to describe the experimental data well over a wide range of conditions, with only one species formed with each site type: an inner-sphere, mononuclear, bidentate complex of the type (FeO2)UO2. The existence of such a surface species was supported by results of uranium EXAFS spectroscopy performed on two samples with U(VI) adsorption density in the upper range observed in this study (10 and 18% occupancy of total surface sites). Adsorption data in the alkaline pH range suggested the existence of a second surface species, modeled as a ternary surface complex with UO2CO30 binding to a bidentate surface site. Previous surface complexation models for U(VI) adsorption have proposed surface species that are identical to the predominant aqueous species, e.g., multinuclear hydrolysis complexes or several U(VI)-carbonate complexes. The results demonstrate that the speciation of adsorbed U(VI) may be constrained by the coordination environment at the surface, giving rise to surface speciation for U(VI) that is significantly less complex than aqueous speciation.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Uranium(VI) adsorption to ferrihydrite: Application of a surface complexation model |
| Series title | Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |
| DOI | 10.1016/0016-7037(94)90243-7 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 24 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Description | 14 p. |
| First page | 5465 |
| Last page | 5478 |
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