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Deciphering Ni sequestration in soil ferromanganese nodules by combining X-ray fluorescence, absorption, and diffraction at micrometer scales of resolution
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Alain Manceau
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Nobumichi Tamura
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March 28, 2015
Abstract
X-ray microprobes are among the most important new analytical techniques to emerge from third generation synchrotron facilities. Here we show how X-ray fluorescence, diffraction, and absorption can be used in parallel to determine the structural form of trace elements in heterogeneous matrices at the micrometer-scale of resolution. Scanning X-ray microfluorescence (μSXRF) and microdiffraction (μSXRD) first are used to identify the host solid phase by mapping the distributions of elements and solid species, respectively. Micro-extended X-ray absorption fine structure (μEXAFS) spectroscopy is then used to determine the mechanism of trace element binding by the host phase at the molecular scale. To illustrate the complementary application of these three techniques, we studied how nickel is sequestered in soil ferromanganese nodules, an overwhelmingly complex natural matrix consisting of submicrometer to nanometer sized particles with varying structures and chemical compositions. We show that nickel substitutes for Mn3+ in the manganese layer of the MnO2- Al(OH)3 mixed-layer oxide lithiophorite. The affinity of Ni for lithiophorite was characteristic of micronodules sampled from soils across the U.S.A. and Europe. Since many natural and synthetic materials are heterogeneous at nanometer to micrometer scales, the synergistic use of μSXRF, μSXRD, and μEXAFS is expected to have broad applications to earth and materials science.
Received: 2002-3-22
Accepted: 2002-6-20
Published Online: 2015-3-28
Published in Print: 2002-10-1
© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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