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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 50, Issue 7, Pages 3607-3616Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05791
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- U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science [DE-AC02-76SF00515]
- Argonne National Laboratory [DE-AC02-06CH11357]
- SNSF [200021_127157]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_127157] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Iron-rich organic flocs are frequently observed in surface waters of wetlands and show a high affinity for trace metal(loid)s. Under low-flow stream conditions, flocs may settle, become buried, and eventually be subjected to reducing conditions facilitating trace metal(loid) release. In this study, we reacted freshwater flocs (704-1280 mg As/kg) from a minerotrophic peatland (Gola di Lago, Switzerland) with sulfide (5.2 mM, S(-II)(spike)/Fe = 0.75 1.62 mol/mol) at neutral pH and studied the speciation changes of Fe, S, and As at 25 +/- 1 degrees C over 1 week through a combination of synchrotron X-ray techniques and wet-chemical analyses. Sulfidization of floc ferrihydrite and nanocrystalline lepidocrocite caused the rapid formation of mackinawite (52-81% of Fe-solid at day 7) as well as solid-phase associated S(0) and polysulfides. Ferrihydrite was preferentially reduced over lepidocrocite, although neoformation of lepidocrocite from ferrihydrite could not be excluded. Sulfide-ieacted flocs contained primarily arsenate (47-72%) which preferentially adsorbed to Fe(III)-(oxyhydr)oxides, despite abundant mackinawite precipitation. At higher S(-II)(spike)/Fe molar ratios (>= 1.0), the formation of an orpiment-like phase accounted for up to 35% of solid-phase As. Despite Fe and As sulfide precipitation and the presence of residual Fe(III)-(oxyhydr)wddes, mobilization of As was recorded in all samples (As-aq = 0.45-7.0 mu M at 7 days). Aqueous As speciation analyses documented the formation of thioarsenates contributing up to 33% of As-aq. Our findings show that freshwater flocs from the Gola di Lago peatland may become a source of As under sulfate-reducing conditions and emphasize the pivotal role Fe-rich organic freshwater flocs play in trace metal(loid) cycling in S-rich wetlands characterized by oscillating redox conditions.
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