Phosphate Sorption Speciation and Precipitation Mechanisms on Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxide

Wang, Xiaoming; Phillips, Brian L.; Boily, Jean-Francois; Hu, Yongfeng; Hu, Zhen; Yang, Peng; Feng, Xionghan; Xu, Wenqian; Zhu, Mengqiang

doi:10.3390/soilsystems3010020

Phosphate Sorption Speciation and Precipitation Mechanisms on Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxide

Journal Article · Wed Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Soil Systems

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/soilsystems3010020· OSTI ID:1530214

Wang, Xiaoming ^[1]; Phillips, Brian L. ^[2]; Boily, Jean-Francois ^[3]; Hu, Yongfeng ^[4]; Hu, Zhen ^[5]; Yang, Peng ^[6]; Feng, Xionghan ^[5]; Xu, Wenqian ^[7]; Zhu, Mengqiang ^[6]

Huazhong Agricultural Univ., Wuhan (China); Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Umeå Univ., Umeå (Sweden)
Canadian Light Sources, Inc., Saskatoon, SK (Canada)
Huazhong Agricultural Univ., Wuhan (China)
Univ. of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS), X-ray Science Division

Aluminum (Al) oxides are important adsorbents for phosphate in soils and sediments, and significantly limit Phosphate (P) mobility and bioavailability, but the speciation of surface-adsorbed phosphate on Al oxides remains poorly understood. Here, phosphate sorption speciation on amorphous Al hydroxide (AAH) was determined under pH 3–8 and P concentration of 0.03 mM–15 mM using various spectroscopic approaches, and phosphate precipitation mechanisms were discussed as well. AAH exhibits an extremely high phosphate sorption capacity, increasing from 3.80 mmol/g at pH 7 to 4.63 mmol/g at pH 3. Regardless of reaction pH, with increasing P sorption loading, the sorption mechanism transits from bidentate binuclear (BB) surface complexation with dP-Al of 3.12 Å to surface precipitation of analogous amorphous AlPO4 (AAP), possibly with ternary complexes, such as (≡Al-O)₂-PO₂-Al, as intermediate products. Additionally, the percentage of precipitated phosphate occurring in AAP linearly and positively correlates with P sorption loading. Compared to phosphate reaction with ferrihydrite, phosphate adsorbs and precipitates more readily on AAH due to the higher solubility product (K_sp) of AAH. The formation of AAP particles involves Al^III release, which is promoted by phosphate adsorption, and its subsequent precipitation with phosphate at AAH surfaces or in the bulk solution.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); Swedish Research Council (SRC); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1530214

Journal Information:: Soil Systems, Journal Name: Soil Systems Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 3; ISSN 2571-8789

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (54)

pH effect on kinetics of adsorption of organic and inorganic phosphates by short-range ordered aluminum and iron precipitates Shang, C.; Stewart, J. W. B.; Huang, P. M. Geoderma, Vol. 53, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7061(92)90017-2	journal	May 1992
Application of 31P and 27Al MAS NMR for phosphate speciation studies in soil and aluminium hydroxides: promises and constraints Lookman, Richard; Grobet, Piet; Merckx, Roel Geoderma, Vol. 80, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00061-X	journal	November 1997
Solid-state 1H and 27Al NMR studies of amorphous aluminum hydroxides Isobe, T.; Watanabe, T.; d'Espinose de la Caillerie, J. B. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 261, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9797(03)00144-9	journal	May 2003
Reactivity at the mineral-water interface: dissolution and inhibition Stumm, Werner Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Vol. 120, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-7757(96)03866-6	journal	February 1997
Coupled dissolution and precipitation at mineral–fluid interfaces Ruiz-Agudo, E.; Putnis, C. V.; Putnis, A. Chemical Geology, Vol. 383 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.06.007	journal	September 2014
A graphical user-friendly interface for MCR-ALS: a new tool for multivariate curve resolution in MATLAB Jaumot, Joaquim; Gargallo, Raimundo; de Juan, Anna Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Vol. 76, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemolab.2004.12.007	journal	March 2005
Interaction of inorganic anions with iron-mineral adsorbents in aqueous media — A review Kumar, Eva; Bhatnagar, Amit; Hogland, William Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 203 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2013.10.026	journal	January 2014
Occurrence of iron and aluminum sesquioxides and their implications for the P sorption in subtropical soils Bortoluzzi, Edson C.; Pérez, Carlos A. S.; Ardisson, José D. Applied Clay Science, Vol. 104 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2014.11.032	journal	February 2015
Biotransformation of two-line silica-ferrihydrite by a dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium: formation of carbonate green rust in the presence of phosphate Kukkadapu, Ravi K.; Zachara, John M.; Fredrickson, James K. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 68, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2003.12.024	journal	July 2004
Phosphate bonding configuration on ferrihydrite based on molecular orbital calculations and XANES fingerprinting Khare, Nidhi; Martin, James D.; Hesterberg, Dean Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 71, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2007.07.008	journal	September 2007
Molecular level investigations of phosphate sorption on corundum (α-Al2O3) by 31P solid state NMR, ATR-FTIR and quantum chemical calculation Li, Wei; Pierre-Louis, Andro-Marc; Kwon, Kideok D. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 107 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.01.007	journal	April 2013
Clay minerals, iron/aluminum oxides, and their contribution to phosphate sorption in soils — A myth revisited Gérard, Frédéric Geoderma, Vol. 262 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.08.036	journal	January 2016
Phosphorus fractions and sorption characteristics in a subtropical paddy soil as influenced by fertilizer sources Yan, Xiao; Wei, Zongqiang; Hong, Qianqian Geoderma, Vol. 295 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.02.012	journal	June 2017
Surface reactivity of α-Al2O3 and mechanisms of phosphate sorption: In situ ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and ζ potential studies Del Nero, Mirella; Galindo, Catherine; Barillon, Rémi Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 342, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2009.10.057	journal	February 2010
Analysis of phosphate adsorption onto ferrihydrite using the CD-MUSIC model Antelo, Juan; Fiol, Sarah; Pérez, Claudio Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 347, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2010.03.020	journal	July 2010
Investigation of phosphate adsorption onto ferrihydrite by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Mallet, M.; Barthélémy, K.; Ruby, C. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 407 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2013.06.049	journal	October 2013
In situ Imaging of Interfacial Precipitation of Phosphate on Goethite Wang, Lijun; Putnis, Christine V.; Ruiz-Agudo, Encarnación Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 49, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b00312	journal	March 2015
Sulfate Local Coordination Environment in Schwertmannite Wang, Xiaoming; Gu, Chunhao; Feng, Xionghan Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 49, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02660	journal	August 2015
Binding Geometries of Silicate Species on Ferrihydrite Surfaces Wang, Xiaoming; Kubicki, James D.; Boily, Jean-François ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Vol. 2, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00109	journal	January 2018
XANES Investigation of Phosphate Sorption in Single and Binary Systems of Iron and Aluminum Oxide Minerals Khare, Nidhi; Hesterberg, Dean; Martin, James D. Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 39, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1021/es049237b	journal	April 2005
Differential Pair Distribution Function Study of the Structure of Arsenate Adsorbed on Nanocrystalline γ-Alumina Li, Wei; Harrington, Richard; Tang, Yuanzhi Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 45, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1021/es200750b	journal	November 2011
Phosphate Bonding on Noncrystalline Al/Fe-Hydroxide Coprecipitates Liu, Yu-Ting; Hesterberg, Dean Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 45, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1021/es201597j	journal	August 2011
Solid-State NMR Spectroscopic Study of Phosphate Sorption Mechanisms on Aluminum (Hydr)oxides Li, Wei; Feng, Xionghan; Yan, Yupeng Environmental Science & Technology https://doi.org/10.1021/es400874s	journal	July 2013
Effect of Ferrihydrite Crystallite Size on Phosphate Adsorption Reactivity Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Wei; Harrington, Richard Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 47, Issue 18 https://doi.org/10.1021/es401301z	journal	August 2013
Mechanism of Myo-inositol Hexakisphosphate Sorption on Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxide: Spectroscopic Evidence for Rapid Surface Precipitation Yan, Yupeng; Li, Wei; Yang, Jun Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 48, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1021/es500996p	journal	May 2014
Arsenite and Arsenate Adsorption on Ferrihydrite: Surface Charge Reduction and Net OH ^- Release Stoichiometry Jain, Amita; Raven, Klaus P.; Loeppert, Richard H. Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 33, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1021/es980722e	journal	April 1999
Structure of Sulfate Adsorption Complexes on Ferrihydrite Zhu, Mengqiang; Northrup, Paul; Shi, Chenyang Environmental Science & Technology Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1021/ez400052r	journal	October 2013
Phosphorus-31 and aluminum-27 NMR investigations of the effects of pH on aqueous solutions containing aluminum and phosphorus Mortlock, R. F.; Bell, A. T.; Radke, C. J. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 97, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/j100105a040	journal	January 1993
³¹ P Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the Sorption of Phosphate onto Gibbsite and Kaolinite Van Emmerik, Tristan J.; Sandström, Dan E.; Antzutkin, Oleg N. Langmuir, Vol. 23, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/la062765b	journal	March 2007
Surface Speciation of Phosphate on Boehmite (γ-AlOOH) Determined from NMR Spectroscopy Li, Wei; Feng, Jian; Kwon, Kideok D. Langmuir, Vol. 26, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1021/la903484m	journal	April 2010
Nucleation and Growth of Phosphate on Metal Oxide Thin Films Nooney, M. G.; Campbell, A.; Murrell, T. S. Langmuir, Vol. 14, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1021/la9702695	journal	May 1998
Relative Contribution of Iron and Aluminium in Phosphate Sorption by Acid Surface Soils Bromfield, S. M. Nature, Vol. 201, Issue 4916 https://doi.org/10.1038/201321b0	journal	January 1964
Adsorption of divalent phosphate on hydrous aluminium oxide Rajan, S. S. S. Nature, Vol. 253, Issue 5491 https://doi.org/10.1038/253434a0	journal	February 1975
The role of prenucleation clusters in surface-induced calcium phosphate crystallization Dey, Archan; Bomans, Paul H. H.; Müller, Frank A. Nature Materials, Vol. 9, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2900	journal	November 2010
Effects of crystallite size on the structure and magnetism of ferrihydrite Wang, Xiaoming; Zhu, Mengqiang; Koopal, Luuk K. Environmental Science: Nano, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1039/C5EN00191A	journal	January 2016
Sorption selectivity of birnessite particle edges: a d-PDF analysis of Cd( ii ) and Pb( ii ) sorption by δ-MnO ₂ and ferrihydrite van Genuchten, Case M.; Peña, Jasquelin Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, Vol. 18, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EM00136J	journal	January 2016
Phosphate and phytate adsorption and precipitation on ferrihydrite surfaces Wang, Xiaoming; Hu, Yongfeng; Tang, Yadong Environmental Science: Nano, Vol. 4, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EN00705A	journal	January 2017
Phosphate adsorption on the iron oxyhydroxides goethite (α-FeOOH), akaganeite (β-FeOOH), and lepidocrocite (γ-FeOOH): a 31P NMR Study Kim, Jongsik; Li, Wei; Philips, Brian L. Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 4, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1039/c1ee02093e	journal	January 2011
An investigation of phosphate adsorbed on aluminium oxyhydroxide and oxide phases by nuclear magnetic resonance Kim, Y.; Kirkpatrick, R. J. European Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 55, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2389.2004.00595.x	journal	June 2004
Effects of Interaction of Organic and Inorganic p with Ferrihydrite and Kaolinite-Iron Oxide Systems on iron Release Celi, Luisella; De Luca, Giovanni; Barberis, Elisabetta Soil Science, Vol. 168, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ss.0000080333.10341.a4	journal	January 2003
Modeling the Impact of Ferrihydrite on Adsorption-Desorption of soil Phosphorus Wilson, G. V.; Rhoton, F. E.; Selim, H. M. Soil Science, Vol. 169, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ss.0000126841.03965.3a	journal	January 2004
Characteristics of Phosphate Adsorption-Desorption Onto Ferrihydrite: Comparison With Well-Crystalline Fe (Hydr)Oxides Wang,, Xiaoming; Liu,, Fan; Tan,, Wenfeng Soil Science, Vol. 178, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1097/SS.0b013e31828683f8	journal	January 2013
ATHENA , ARTEMIS , HEPHAESTUS : data analysis for X-ray absorption spectroscopy using IFEFFIT Ravel, B.; Newville, M. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Vol. 12, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049505012719	journal	June 2005
XAFS study of adsorbed and mineral forms of phosphate Hesterberg, D.; Zhou, W.; Hutchison, K. J. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Vol. 6, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1107/S0909049599000370	journal	May 1999
Sorption and desorption characteristics of organic phosphates of different structures on aluminium (oxyhydr)oxides: Sorption-desorption of organic P on Al oxyhydroxides Yan, Y. P.; Liu, F.; Li, W. European Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 65, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.12119	journal	January 2014
Comparison of different models for phosphate sorption as a function of the iron and aluminium oxides of soils Freese, D.; Zee, S. E. A. T. M.; Riemsdijk, W. H. Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 43, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.1992.tb00172.x	journal	December 1992
Phosphate sorption by synthetic amorphous aluminium hydroxides: a 27Al and 31P solid-state MAS NMR spectroscopy study Lookman, R.; Grobet, P.; Merckx, R. European Journal of Soil Science, Vol. 45, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2389.1994.tb00484.x	journal	March 1994
Why Mineral Interfaces Matter Putnis, A. Science, Vol. 343, Issue 6178 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1250884	journal	March 2014
Mechanism of leached layer formation during chemical weathering of silicate minerals Ruiz-Agudo, Encarnación; Putnis, Christine V.; Rodriguez-Navarro, Carlos Geology, Vol. 40, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1130/G33339.1	journal	October 2012
Fouling assessment in a municipal water reclamation reverse osmosis system as related to concentration factor Xie, R. J.; Gomez, M. J.; Xing, Y. J. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1139/s03-054	journal	January 2004
SIXPack a Graphical User Interface for XAS Analysis Using IFEFFIT Webb, S. M. Physica Scripta https://doi.org/10.1238/Physica.Topical.115a01011	journal	January 2005
Reducing Phosphorus Runoff and Leaching from Poultry Litter with Alum: Twenty-Year Small Plot and Paired-Watershed Studies Huang, Lidong; Moore, Philip A.; Kleinman, Peter J. A. Journal of Environment Quality, Vol. 45, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2015.09.0482	journal	January 2016
Molecular Speciation of Phosphorus Present in Readily Dispersible Colloids from Agricultural Soils Liu, Jin; Yang, Jianjun; Liang, Xinqiang Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol. 78, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.05.0159	journal	January 2014
Reactions of Phosphorus Fertilizers with and without a Fertilizer Enhancer in Three Acidic Soils with High Phosphorus-Fixing Capacity Pierzynski, Joy; Hettiarachchi, Ganga M. Soil Science Society of America Journal, Vol. 82, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2018.01.0064	journal	January 2018

Similar Records

Phosphate and phytate adsorption and precipitation on ferrihydrite surfaces

Journal Article · Mon Sep 25 20:00:00 EDT 2017 · Environmental Science: Nano · OSTI ID:1416015

Phosphate Speciation under Organic‐Acid‐Promoted Dissolution of Phosphorus‐Sorbed Ferrihydrite–Boehmite Mixtures: Implications For Soil Phosphorus

Journal Article · Thu Aug 18 20:00:00 EDT 2016 · Soil Science Society of America Journal · OSTI ID:1581857

Related Subjects

37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
58 GEOSCIENCES
Al hydroxide
phosphate
precipitation
sorption
speciation

Phosphate Sorption Speciation and Precipitation Mechanisms on Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxide

Citation Formats

References (54)

Similar Records

Related Subjects