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Experimental determination of Ni isotope fractionation during Ni adsorption from an aqueous fluid onto calcite surfaces

Journal

GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 273, Issue -, Pages 26-36

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.01.010

Keywords

Nickel isotopes; Calcite; Adsorption

Funding

  1. ISONOSE a People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Unions' Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2017-2013/under REA grant [608069]

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The fractionation of Ni isotopes during Ni adsorption from aqueous fluids onto calcite surfaces was measured at 25 degrees C and as a function of pH from 7.7 to 8.9. Experiments showed that the percent Ni adsorbed and the degree of Ni isotope fractionation attained constant values in less than 30 hours after the calcite was exposed to the Ni bearing, calcite saturated aqueous solution. The percentage of Ni adsorbed from the fluid onto the calcite surfaces increased from 9 to 67% as the pH increased over this range. Calcite preferentially adsorbs light Ni isotopes during adsorption, resulting in a fractionation between adsorbed and aqueous, Delta Ni-60(calcite-fluid), of -0.52 +/- 0.16 parts per thousand. This value is pH independent, within uncertainty, over the experimental pH range. The preferential adsorption of light Ni isotopes into calcite likely results from the change in coordination environment between adsorbed and aqueous nickel; the Ni-O length in the Ni-CO3 bond formed at the calcite surface is greater than that in the Ni2+ aquo ion. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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