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Assessing the Effect of Dissolved Organic Ligands on Mineral Dissolution Rates: an Example from Calcite Dissolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

Teri DeMaio  and
D. E. Grandstaff
Teri DeMaio
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122U.S.A.
D. E. Grandstaff
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122U.S.A.
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Abstract

Experiments suggest that dissolved organic ligands may primarily modify mineral dissolution rates by three mechanisms: (1) metal-ligand (M-L) complex formation in solution, which increases the degree of undersaturation, (2) formation of surface M-L complexes that attack the surface, and (3) formation of surface complexes which passivate or “protect” the surface. Mechanisms (1) and (2) increase the dissolution rate and the third decreases it compared with organic-free solutions. The types and importance of these mechanisms may be assessed from plots of dissolution rate versus degree of undersaturation.

To illustrate this technique, calcite, a common repository cementing and vein-filling mineral, was dissolved at pH 7.8 and 22°C in Na-Ca-HCO3-Cl solutions with low concentrations of three organic ligands. Low citrate concentrations (50 μm) increased the dissolution rate consistent with mechanism (1). Oxalate decreased the rate, consistent with mechanism (3). Low phthalate concentration (< 50 μM) decreased calcite dissolution rates; however, higher concentrations increased the dissolution rates, which became faster than in inorganic solutions. Thus, phthalate exhibits both mechanisms (2) and (3) at different concentrations. In such cases linear extrapolations of dissolution rates from high organic ligand concentrations may not be valid.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 465: Symposium II – Scienfific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX , 1996 , 705
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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