Influence of solution structure on adsorption of metal-EDTA complexes onto iron oxides
- Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Duebendorf (Switzerland)
The adsorption characteristics of a variety of divalent and trivalent metal-EDTA complexes onto goethite ({alpha}-FeOOH) and amorphous Fe(OH){sub 3} were examined. Uncomplexed EDTA is adsorbed as a ligand-like binuclear complex at low pH and as a mononuclear complex at high pH. The complexes of the divalent metals Ca, Zn, Ni, Cu, Co(II), and Ph show all the same ligand-like adsorption behavior. They are characterized by a quinquedentate structure in solution. Their adsorption in function of pH can be described by a ternary surface complex. The bidentate Pd(II) EDTA is adsorbed much stronger, but also ligand-like. La(III) EDTA and Bi(III) EDTA are adsorbed very strongly over the whole pH-range. The sexidentate complex of Co(III) is at low pH weakly adsorbed outer-spherically. Fe(III) EDTA is weakly adsorbed over the whole pH-range. The mobility of EDTA complexes in an aquifer depends therefore on the pH and on the type of complex.
- OSTI ID:
- 126436
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950402--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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