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Wang, Qihuang ; Wang, Jiajia ; Wang, Xingxing ; Kumar, Naresh ; Pan, Zezhen ; Peiffer, Stefan ; Wang, Zimeng:
Transformations of Ferrihydrite–Extracellular Polymeric Substance Coprecipitates Driven by Dissolved Sulfide : Interrelated Effects of Carbon and Sulfur Loadings.
In: Environmental Science & Technology.
Vol. 57
(2023)
Issue 10
.
- pp. 4342-4353.
ISSN 0013-936X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06921
Abstract in another language
The association of poorly crystalline iron (hydr)oxides with organic matter (OM), such as extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), exerts a profound effect on Fe and C cycles in soils and sediments, and their behaviors under sulfate-reducing conditions involve complicated mineralogical transformations. However, how different loadings and types of EPS and water chemistry conditions affect the sulfidation still lacks quantitative and systematic investigation. We here synthesized a set of ferrihydrite–organic matter (Fh–OM) coprecipitates with various model compounds for plant and microbial exopolysaccharides (polygalacturonic acids, alginic acid, and xanthan gum) and bacteriogenic EPS (extracted from Bacillus subtilis). Combining wet chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction, and X-ray absorption spectroscopic techniques, we systematically studied the impacts of C and S loadings by tracing the temporal evolution of Fe mineralogy and speciation in aqueous and solid phases. Our results showed that the effect of added OM on sulfidation of Fh–OM coprecipitates is interrelated with the amount of loaded sulfide. Under low sulfide loadings (S(-II)/Fe < 0.5), transformation to goethite and lepidocrocite was the main pathway of ferrihydrite sulfidation, which occurs more strongly at pH 6 compared to that at pH 7.5, and it was promoted and inhibited at low and high C/Fe ratios, respectively. While under high sulfide loadings (S(-II)/Fe > 0.5), the formation of secondary Fe–S minerals such as mackinawite and pyrite dominated ferrihydrite sulfidation, and it was inhibited with increasing C/Fe ratios. Furthermore, all three synthetic EPS proxies unanimously inhibited mineral transformation, while the microbiogenic EPS has a more potent inhibitory effect than synthetic EPS proxies compared at equivalent C/Fe loadings. Collectively, our results suggest that the quantity and chemical characteristics of the associated OM have a strong and nonlinear influence on the extent and pathways of mineralogical transformations of Fh–OM sulfidation.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | iron mineral transformation; iron mineral sulfidation; organic matter−mineral interactions; dissolved organic matter; extracellular polymeric substances; |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Hydrology > Chair Hydrology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Peiffer Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Hydrology |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 550 Earth sciences, geology |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2023 07:26 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2023 09:21 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/74140 |