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Interaction of polysilicic and monosilicic acid with mineral surfaces

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Water-Rock Interaction

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Interaction of polysilicic and monosilicic acid was studied via adsorption experiments with lepidocrocite, hematite, feroxyhyte, goethite, akaganeite, magnetite, ferrihydrite, and gibbsite. The kinetics of monosilicic acid adsorption follows a first order reaction. At equilibrium monosilicic acid adsorption may be described by surface complexation with an adsorption maximum at pH 9.8. If polysilicic acid is adsorbed to the surface, one part is bound to the surface within a relatively short time. The other part decomposes to monomer in the solution. The polymeric silica at the surface is stabilised at pH < 6. Thus the present results show that polymerization of silica at the mineral surface has to be considered only in acidic solutions.

The adsorption experiments with monosilicic acid onto iron hydroxides result in a molar ratio of Si/Fe = 0.21 at the mineral surface. Considering natural systems it may be concluded that the silica content of recent sedimentary iron oxides (Si/Fe = 0.19) is directly related to the adsorption of silicic acid onto the primary precipitates via the formation of surface complexes. The adsorption of monosilicic acid may represent the initial step for the formation of silicates. The experimental results show that this is favoured in slightly alkaline solutions. In contrast to monomeric silica disordered linked silica polymers are expected to inhibit the crystallisation of silicates.

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Dietzel, M. (2002). Interaction of polysilicic and monosilicic acid with mineral surfaces. In: Stober, I., Bucher, K. (eds) Water-Rock Interaction. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0438-1_9

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