TY - JOUR
T1 - The dissolution rates of gibbsite in the presence of chloride, nitrate, silica, sulfate, and citrate in open and closed systems at 20°C
AU - Dietzel, M.
AU - Böhme, G.
PY - 2005/3/1
Y1 - 2005/3/1
N2 - The dissolution of well crystallized gibbsite far at from equilibrium was studied in batch and mixed flow through reactors. The dissolution experiments were carried out between pH 2 and 6 in the presence of 10 mmol L-1 citrate, at pH 2 and 3 in the presence of 10 mmol L-1 chloride, nitrate, and sulfate, and at pH 2 and 3 in the presence of 1.5 mmol L-1 silica at 20°C. The dissolution rate of gibbsite, RAl (mol m-2 s-1), increases in the order of chloride ≈ nitrate < silica < sulfate ≈ citrate. In presence of silica, sulphate, and citrate dissolution is catalysed by the formation of aluminium complexes at the gibbsite surface (pH 2 and 3). From pH 2 to 3 no effect of RAl on hydrogen activity is predicted as singly coordinated surface sites at the edges of the platy gibbsite crystals, [≡AlOH2 +0.5] ≈ [≡AlOH], are almost saturated with protons. However at pH >3 dissolution is slowed by a decrease of [≡AlOH2+0.5]. Gibbsite dissolution rates measured in closed and open systems were identical within the experimental and analytical uncertainty. This observation indicates that gibbsite dissolution is a surface controlled process. If dissolution of gibbsite occurs close to equilibrium RAl values may be predicted by an approximately linear function of ΔGr.
AB - The dissolution of well crystallized gibbsite far at from equilibrium was studied in batch and mixed flow through reactors. The dissolution experiments were carried out between pH 2 and 6 in the presence of 10 mmol L-1 citrate, at pH 2 and 3 in the presence of 10 mmol L-1 chloride, nitrate, and sulfate, and at pH 2 and 3 in the presence of 1.5 mmol L-1 silica at 20°C. The dissolution rate of gibbsite, RAl (mol m-2 s-1), increases in the order of chloride ≈ nitrate < silica < sulfate ≈ citrate. In presence of silica, sulphate, and citrate dissolution is catalysed by the formation of aluminium complexes at the gibbsite surface (pH 2 and 3). From pH 2 to 3 no effect of RAl on hydrogen activity is predicted as singly coordinated surface sites at the edges of the platy gibbsite crystals, [≡AlOH2 +0.5] ≈ [≡AlOH], are almost saturated with protons. However at pH >3 dissolution is slowed by a decrease of [≡AlOH2+0.5]. Gibbsite dissolution rates measured in closed and open systems were identical within the experimental and analytical uncertainty. This observation indicates that gibbsite dissolution is a surface controlled process. If dissolution of gibbsite occurs close to equilibrium RAl values may be predicted by an approximately linear function of ΔGr.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.gca.2004.08.027
DO - 10.1016/j.gca.2004.08.027
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:14844321636
VL - 69
SP - 1199
EP - 1211
JO - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
JF - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
SN - 0016-7037
IS - 5
ER -