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GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 65, Issue 15, Pages 2461-2467Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(01)00571-3
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Hydroxyaluminosilicates (HAS) are critical intermediates in the biogeochemical cycles of aluminium and silicon. To understand the extent of their role in controlling the solubility of Al in soil and surface waters, we need to know how they are formed and why they are formed in preference to other more soluble aluminous mineral phases. We have used a number of complementary analytical techniques to demonstrate the hitherto unproven mechanism of HAS formation of varying structure and stoichiometry. HAS were formed via the competitive condensation of silicic acid, Si(OH),, at a hydroxyaluminum template (HAS(A)). Where Si(OH)(4) was present in excess, HASA acted as a template for further reactions with Si(OH)(4) (HAS(B)). HAS(A) and HAS(B) had idealised Si : Al ratios of 0.5 and 1.0, respectively, and were representative of HAS found in soil horizons. This mechanism of formation of HAS could be used. to both explain and predict the role of Si(OH)(4) in Al solubility control in the natural environment. Copyright (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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