Sorption of divalent metals on calcite

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(91)90127-Q· OSTI ID:5890969

Zachara, J M; Cowan, C E; Resch, C T ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)

The sorption of seven divalent metals (Ba, Sr, Cd, Mn, Zn, Co, and Ni) was measured on calcite over a large initial metal (Me) concentration range in constant ionic strength (I = 0.1), equilibrium CaCO{sub 3}(s)-CaCO{sub 3}(aq) suspensions that varied in pH. At higher initial Me concentrations (10{sup {minus}5} to 10{sup {minus}4} mol/L) geochemical calculations indicated that the equilibrium solutions were saturated with discrete solid phases of the sorbates: CdCO{sub 3}(s), MnCO{sub 3}(s),Zn{sub 5}(OH){sub 6}(CO{sub 3}){sub 2}(s), Co(OH){sub 2}(s), and Ni(OH){sub 2}(s), implying that aqueous concentrations were governed by solubility. However, significant sorption of all the metals except for Ba and Sr was observed at aqueous concentrations below saturation with Me-solid phases. Divalent metaal ion sorption was dependent on aqueous Ca concentration, and the following selectivity sequence was observed: Cd > Zn {ge} Mn > CO > Ni {much gt} Ba = Sr. The metals varied in their sorption reversibility, which was correlated with the single-ion hydration energies of the metal sorbates. The strongly hydrated metals (Zn, Co, and Ni) were most desorbable. A sorption model that included aqueous speciation and Me{sup 2+} -Ca{sup 2+} exchange on cation-specific surface sites was developed that described most of the data well. The chemical nature of the surface complex used in this model was unspecified and could represent either a hydrated or dehydrated surface complex, or a surface precipitate. The authors' data suggested that (1) Cd and Mn dehydrate soon after their adsorption to calcite and form a phase that behaves like a surface precipitate, and (2) Zn, Co, and Ni form surface complexes that remain hydrated until the ions are incorporated into the structure by recrystallization.

• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5890969
• Journal Information: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (United States), Vol. 55:6; ISSN 0016-7037
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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