Secondary arsenic minerals in the environment: a review.
Information on arsenic (As) speciation in solid materials is critical for many environmental studies concerned with As stability and/or mobility in natural As-impacted soils and mining or industrial sites contaminated by As. The investigation of these systems has provided evidence for a number of secondary As minerals that have often played a significant role in As mobility in the solid phase-water system. This paper presents a list of environmentally important secondary As minerals in contaminated soil and waste systems, summarizes the information about their origin, occurrence, environmental stability and thermodynamics, and proposes several important avenues for further investigation.
Drahota
Petr
P
Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Rozvojová 269, 165 00 Prague 6 - Lysolaje, Czech Republic. drahota@gli.cas.cz
Filippi
Michal
M
D001149:Arsenates / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D001152:Arsenicals / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D007220:Industrial Waste / Q000032:analysis; D007501:Iron / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D008906:Mining; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
D001149:Arsenates; D001152:Arsenicals; D007220:Industrial Waste; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D007501:Iron; D008274:Magnesium; D001151:Arsenic; D002118:Calcium