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Surface Complexation at (Hydr)Oxide Surfaces

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Interactions at the Soil Colloid — Soil Solution Interface

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This chapter is concerned with some aspects of the interaction of oxide/hydroxide surfaces with electrolyte solutions. It specially covers interactions with hydrogen- and hydroxide ions, with metal ions (Lewis to the (hydr)oxide-water interface. It leads to an accumulation of matter at the interface without the development of a three dimensional molecular structure (Sposito, 1986). This step is usually considered to be fast and reversible. It is followed by a series of slow and at least partially irreversible processes (Figure 4.1). The nature of these processes is dependent on the prevailing surface coverage. Adsorption of charged species results in a change of surface charge and surface potential (see Chapter 2) and thus in a change in the stability of the colloidal system. Adsorption of hydrogen- and hydroxide ions may induce dissolution of the adsorbing solid (hydr)oxide upon formation of aqua ions or hydroxo complexes (Furrer and Stumm, 1986; Pulfer et al., 1984). The rate of dissolution under both acidic and alkaline conditions is often greatly enhanced by the presence of adsorbing anions. Adsorption of metal ions exceeding a critical surface coverage leads to the formation of hydroxide clusters of the adsorbed metal on the adsorbing surface (Bleam and McBride, 1985), a process that has also been termed ‘surface precipitation’ (Farley et al., 1985). For example, simultaneous adsorption of both Ca2+ and F− on CeO2 has been found to be prerequisite for heteronucleation and subsequent growth of CaF2 crystals from the adsorbing CeO2 surface (Hohl et al., 1985). Also, heterogeneous redox reactions (such as corrosion, reductive dissolution of transition metal oxides and processes for conversion of solar energy) are based on adsorption followed by (photochemically assisted) electron transfer.

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  1. Institut für anorganische, analytische und physikalische Chemie, Universität Bern, Freiestr. 3, CH-3000, Bern 9, Switzerland

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  2. Department of Soil Science, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

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  1. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands

    G. H. Bolt

  2. Department of Soil Physics, State University of Ghent, Belgium

    M. F. De Boodt

  3. School of Chemistry, The University of Birmingham, England

    M. H. B. Hayes

  4. Department of Agronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

    M. B. McBride

  5. State University of Ghent, Belgium

    E. B. A. De Strooper

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Schindler, P.W., Sposito, G. (1991). Surface Complexation at (Hydr)Oxide Surfaces. In: Bolt, G.H., De Boodt, M.F., Hayes, M.H.B., McBride, M.B., De Strooper, E.B.A. (eds) Interactions at the Soil Colloid — Soil Solution Interface. NATO ASI Series, vol 190. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1909-4_4

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