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EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 241, Issue 1-2, Pages 227-233Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.006
Keywords
FeS; mackinawite; nanoparticle; particle size; specific surface area
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- Natural Environment Research Council [NER/L/S/2000/00611] Funding Source: researchfish
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Direct observation using high resolution transmission electron microscopy reveals that precipitated iron(II) monosulfide, FeS, consists of nanocrystalline mackinawite particles. The individual nanocrystals are laminar rectilinear prisms displaying a continuum of particle sizes from 2 to 5.7 nm in thickness (the direction parallel to the c axis) and from 3 to 10.8 nm in length. The corresponding mean specific surface area is estimated to be to 380 +/- 10 m(2)/g. The d(001) of mackinawite nanocrystals obtained from precipitated FeS and freeze-dried FeS by electron diffraction are 5.19 and 5.08 angstrom, respectively. The effect of water on the nanoparticle structures is indicated by the formation of curved structures and infrequent dislocations in an anhydrous environment. The apparent disorder suggested by absent or weaker lattice spacings is symptomatic of the breakdown of Braggian systematics at these particle sizes. The results confirm that nanoparticulate materials do not behave simply as small fragments of their bulk crystalline counterparts. The results contribute to understanding the behavior of nanoparticulate materials on planetary surfaces and in the biosphere in general and the nature and properties of FeS in anoxic aqueous environments in particular. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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