Sorption of selenium anionic species on apatites and iron oxides from aqueous solutions.
The sorption of selenite and selenate ions from aqueous solutions was investigated on hydroxyapatite, fluorapatite, goethite and hematite, in order to simulate the behavior of radioactive selenium in natural or artificial sorbing media. Correlation studies with acido-basic properties and solubility of the solids were also performed. The sorption is pH dependant, but these solids are very efficient for retaining selenite at pH values generally encountered in natural waters, with however higher K(d) values for oxides than apatites. Selenate ions are much less sorbed than selenite. Several methods such as electron microscopy and spectroscopic techniques were used to identify the sorption mechanisms. In the case of hydroxyapatite, sorption proceeds by substitution of phosphate groups in the lattice of the apatite crystal in the superficial layers of the solid. In the case of goethite and hematite, sorption can be interpreted and modeled by a surface complexation process, but there is a discrepancy between sorption site densities for selenite and for protons.
Duc
Myriam
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre d'Etudes de Chimie Métallurgique, 15 rue Georges Urbain, 94407 Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
Lefevre
Gregory
G
Fedoroff
Michel
M
Jeanjean
Janine
J
Rouchaud
J C
JC
Monteil-Rivera
Fanny
F
Dumonceau
Jacques
J
Milonjic
Slobodan
S
D000327:Adsorption; D001031:Apatites / Q000737:chemistry*; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D064586:Selenic Acid; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D018038:Sodium Selenite / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
D001031:Apatites; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D014867:Water; C000499:ferric oxide; D018038:Sodium Selenite; D064586:Selenic Acid