Metals Coprecipitation with Barite: Nano-XRF Observation of Enhanced Strontium Incorporation
Abstract
Coprecipitation can be an effective treatment method for the removal of environmentally relevant metals from industrial wastewaters such as produced waters from the oil and gas industry. The precipitation of barite, BaSO4, through the addition of sulfate removes barium while coprecipitating strontium and other alkaline earth metals even when these are present at concentrations below their solubility limit. Among other analytical methods, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) nanospectroscopy at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) was used to quantify Sr incorporation into barite. Thermodynamic modeling of (Ba,Sr)SO4 solid solutions was done using solid solution—aqueous solution (SS-AS) theory. The quantitative, high-resolution nano-XRF data show clearly that the Sr content in (Ba,Sr)SO4 solid solutions varies widely among particles and even within a single particle. We observed substantial Sr incorporation that is far larger than thermodynamic models predict, likely indicating the formation of metastable solid solutions. We also observed that increasing barite supersaturation of the aqueous phase led to increased Sr incorporation, as predicted by available kinetic models. These results suggest that coprecipitation offers significant potential for designing treatment systems for aqueous metals’ removal in desired metastable compositions. Solution conditions may be optimized to enhance the incorporationmore »
- Authors:
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- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1800763
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-92ER14244; SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Engineering Science (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Environmental Engineering Science (Online); Journal Volume: 37; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1557-9018
- Publisher:
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; barite; coprecipitation; industrial wastewater; metals; solid solution; strontium; trace elements
Citation Formats
Hunter, Heather A., Ling, Florence T., and Peters, Catherine A. Metals Coprecipitation with Barite: Nano-XRF Observation of Enhanced Strontium Incorporation. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1089/ees.2019.0447.
Hunter, Heather A., Ling, Florence T., & Peters, Catherine A. Metals Coprecipitation with Barite: Nano-XRF Observation of Enhanced Strontium Incorporation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2019.0447
Hunter, Heather A., Ling, Florence T., and Peters, Catherine A. Wed .
"Metals Coprecipitation with Barite: Nano-XRF Observation of Enhanced Strontium Incorporation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2019.0447. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1800763.
@article{osti_1800763,
title = {Metals Coprecipitation with Barite: Nano-XRF Observation of Enhanced Strontium Incorporation},
author = {Hunter, Heather A. and Ling, Florence T. and Peters, Catherine A.},
abstractNote = {Coprecipitation can be an effective treatment method for the removal of environmentally relevant metals from industrial wastewaters such as produced waters from the oil and gas industry. The precipitation of barite, BaSO4, through the addition of sulfate removes barium while coprecipitating strontium and other alkaline earth metals even when these are present at concentrations below their solubility limit. Among other analytical methods, X-ray fluorescence (XRF) nanospectroscopy at the Hard X-ray Nanoprobe (HXN) beamline at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) was used to quantify Sr incorporation into barite. Thermodynamic modeling of (Ba,Sr)SO4 solid solutions was done using solid solution—aqueous solution (SS-AS) theory. The quantitative, high-resolution nano-XRF data show clearly that the Sr content in (Ba,Sr)SO4 solid solutions varies widely among particles and even within a single particle. We observed substantial Sr incorporation that is far larger than thermodynamic models predict, likely indicating the formation of metastable solid solutions. We also observed that increasing barite supersaturation of the aqueous phase led to increased Sr incorporation, as predicted by available kinetic models. These results suggest that coprecipitation offers significant potential for designing treatment systems for aqueous metals’ removal in desired metastable compositions. Solution conditions may be optimized to enhance the incorporation of Sr by increasing sulfate addition such that the barite saturation index remains above *3 or by increasing the aqueous Sr to Ba ratio.},
doi = {10.1089/ees.2019.0447},
journal = {Environmental Engineering Science (Online)},
number = 4,
volume = 37,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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