title: Adsorption of Suwannee River fulvic acid on aluminum oxyhydroxide surfaces: an in situ ATR-FTIR study.
abstract: The adsorption of Suwannee River fulvic acid (SRFA) on boehmite, gamma-AlO(OH), has been examined by both macroscopic adsorption and in situ ATR-FTIR spectroscopic techniques. At a SRFA concentration approaching surface saturation (F = 5.3 micromol m(-2)), adsorption is at a maximum at low pH and decreases as pH is increased. The ATR-FTIR spectral features of adsorbed SRFA are very similar to those measured approximately 1-2 pH units higher in solution, indicating that (i) the SRFA appears to be predominantly adsorbed at the boehmite/water interface in an outer-sphere complexation mode and (ii) the positively charged boehmite/water interface stabilizes SRFA molecules against protonation at low pH.
authors.affiliation: Surface & Aqueous Geochemistry Group, Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-2115, USA.
authors.forename: Tae Hyun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Gordon E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000032:analysis*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013499:Surface Properties; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001578:Benzopyrans; D014867:Water; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; C069471:aluminum oxide hydroxide; D000537:Aluminum Oxide; C005023:fulvic acid