Selenite Uptake by Ca–Al LDH: A Description of Intercalated Anion Coordination Geometries

Bin Ma; Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez; Sylvain Grangeon; Christophe Tournassat; Nathaniel Findling; Sergio Carrero; Delphine Tisserand; Sarah Bureau; Erik Elkaim; Carlo Marini; Giuliana Aquilanti; Ayumi Koishi; Nicolas Marty; Laurent Charlet

doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b04644

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Selenite Uptake by Ca–Al LDH: A Description of Intercalated Anion Coordination Geometries

Bin Ma ¹ Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez ¹ Sylvain Grangeon ² Christophe Tournassat ^{2, 3, 4} Nathaniel Findling ¹ Sergio Carrero ⁵ Delphine Tisserand ¹ Sarah Bureau ¹ Erik Elkaim ⁶ Carlo Marini ⁷ Giuliana Aquilanti ⁸ Ayumi Koishi ¹ Nicolas Marty ² Laurent Charlet ¹

1 ISTerre - Institut des Sciences de la Terre

2 BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

3 ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327

4 Milieux Poreux - UMR7327

ISTO - Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans - UMR7327 : UMR7327

5 Department of Earth Science University of Huelva

6 SSOLEIL - Synchrotron SOLEIL

7 CELLS ALBA, Cerdanyola Del Valles 08390, Spain

8 Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste

Abstract : Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are anion exchangers with a strong potential to scavenge anionic contaminants in aquatic environments. Here, the uptake of selenite (SeO32–) by Ca–Al LDHs was investigated as a function of Se concentration. Thermodynamic modeling of batch sorption isotherms shows that the formation of SeO32–-intercalated AFm (hydrated calcium aluminate monosubstituent) phase, AFm-SeO3, is the dominant mechanism controlling the retention of Se at medium loadings. AFm-Cl2 shows much stronger affinity and larger distribution ratio (Rd ∼ 17800 L kg–1) toward SeO32– than AFm-SO4 (Rd ∼ 705 L kg–1). At stoichiometric SeO32– loading for anion exchange, the newly formed AFm-SeO3 phase results in two basal spacing, i.e., 9.93 ± 0.06 Å and ∼11.03 ± 0.03 Å. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra indicate that the intercalated SeO32– forms inner-sphere complexes with the Ca–Al–O layers. In situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) shows that basal spacing of Ca–Al LDHs have a remarkable linear relationship with the size of hydrated intercalated anions (i.e., Cl–, SO42–, MoO42–, and SeO32–). Contrary to AFm-SeO3 with inner-sphere SeO32– complexes in the interlayer, the phase with hydrogen-bonded inner-sphere complexed SeO32– is kinetically favored but thermodynamically unstable. This work offers new insights about the determination of intercalated anion coordination geometries via XRD analyses.

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