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Extraction of Iron Oxides from Sediments Using Reductive Dissolution by Titanium(III)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Joseph N. Ryan  and
Philip M. Gschwend
Joseph N. Ryan
Affiliation:
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Philip M. Gschwend
Affiliation:
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Abstract

A new iron oxide dissolution method designed to measure the abundance of “free” Fe oxide phases and associated elements in soils and sediments has been tested. The method employs a ternary complex of Ti(III), citrate, and ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) as a reductant and bicarbonate as a proton acceptor. The Ti(III)-citrate-EDTA-HCO3 method dissolved more synthetic amorphous ferric oxide and goethite, but less synthetic hematite, than the dithionite-citrate-HCO3 method of Mehra and Jackson. The production of acidity by the dissolution indicated that Ti(IV) is hydrolyzed to TiO2 during the extractions. The heated dithionite method dissolved 3–6 times more Al from kaolinite and nontronite standard clays than room temperature dithionite, and 4–6 times more Al than the Ti(III)-citrate-EDTA-HCO3 method. Furthermore, the release of Fe from the clay mineral samples consistently and rapidly reached a plateau during multiple extractions by the Ti(III)-citrate-EDTA-HCO3 method, indicating that a well-defined Fe oxide fraction was removed. Fe released by the dithionite method continued to increase with each extraction, suggesting that some release of structural Fe occurred. Tests on two natural sediments and one heavy mineral fraction from the Miocene Cohansey Sand in the New Jersey Coastal Plain suggested that the Ti(III)-citrate-EDTA-HCO3 method removed Fe oxides more effectively and more selectively than the dithionite method. The selectivity of the Ti(III)-citrate-EDTA-HCO3 method is enhanced by rapid extractions at room temperature and low free ligand concentrations.

Keywords

DissolutionDithioniteExtractionGoethiteHematiteReductionTitanium(III)
Type
Research Article
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 39 , Issue 5 , October 1991 , pp. 509 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © 1991, The Clay Minerals Society

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