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Sorption of Metal Ions on Clay Minerals: I. Polarized EXAFS Evidence for the Adsorption of Co on the Edges of Hectorite Particles

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Abstract

The local structural environment of Co sorbed on hectorite (a magnesian smectite) has been investigated by polarized EXAFS (P-EXAFS) spectroscopy on a self-supporting film of Co-sorbed hectorite. This sorption sample was prepared by contacting Co and hectorite at pH 6.5 and at high ionic strength (0.3 M NaNO3) to favor pH-dependent sorption reaction over cation exchange. A self-supporting film was elaborated after 120 h of reacting time, when apparent quasi-equilibrium conditions were attained. The half-width at half maximum of the orientation distribution of c* axis of individual clay platelets off the film normal was determined by quantitative texture analysis, and found to be equal to 18.9°. Co K-edge P-EXAFS spectra were recorded at angles between the incident beam and the film normal equal to 0°, 35°, 50°, and 60°; the 90° spectrum was obtained by extrapolation. Spectral analysis led to the identification of the two nearest cationic subshells containing 1.6 ± 0.4 Mg at 3.03 Å and 2.2 ± 0.5 Si at 3.27 Å. These distances are respectively characteristic of edge-sharing linkages between Mg and Co octahedra and of corner-sharing linkages between Co octahedra and Si tetrahedra, as in clay structures. The angular dependence of the Co–Mg and Co–Si contributions indicates that Co–Mg pairs are oriented parallel to the film plane, whereas Co–Si pairs are not. These results are interpreted by the formation of Co inner-sphere mononuclear surface complexes located at the edges of hectorite platelets, in the continuity of the (Mg, Li) octahedral sheet.

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