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GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 64, Issue 7, Pages 1209-1219Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00386-5
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The adsorption of three anions (AsO43-, PO43-, and CrO42-) and two cations (Zn2+ and Pb2+) has been determined on a new form of amorphous black ferric oxyhydroxide that resembles in local structure beta-FeOOH, akaganeite. The nature of the interaction between FeOOH substrate and the above mentioned adsorbates is characterised with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy on the core and valence band levels of trivalent iron and oxygen using frontier molecular orbital theory as theoretical framework. Our findings indicate that substantial and variable charge transfer occurs in which the FeOOH substrate can function either as a Lewis acid or base in its interaction with different adsorbates. Our findings suggest that the valence band spectra can be used to estimate qualitatively the energy level separation between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the surface complexes and to assess the chemical affinity between substrate and adsorbate. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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