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DIVISION S-2-SOIL CHEMISTRY

Effectiveness of Phosphate and Hydroxide for Desorption of Arsenic and Selenium Species from Iron Oxides

^a Advanced Analytical Center for Environ. Sci., Savannah River Ecology Lab., Univ. of Georgia, Aiken, SC 29803 USA
^b Dep. of Crop and Soil Sci., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 USA

jackson{at}srel.edu

Phosphate and OH^- are often used for the extraction of As and Se from soils, either as single extractants or as part of a sequential extraction scheme. However, the recovery of As and Se species and the integrity of the resulting solution speciation merit investigation. In this study the relative effectiveness of PO₄ at 0.1 and 0.5 M and pH values of 3 and 6.7 and 0.1 M OH^- to extract As(III), As(V), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), monomethylarsonic acid (MMA), p-arsanilic acid (p-ASA), roxarsone (ROX), Se(IV) and Se(VI) sorbed to goethite and an amorphous Fe oxide were compared, and the speciation in the resulting extract was determined. The extent to which 0.1 M PO₄ added to 0.25 M NH₂OH·HCl or 0.175 M Na oxalate/0.1 M oxalic acid prevents readsorption of As(V) or Se(IV) to goethite during the dissolution of an amorphous Fe oxide was also assessed. Hydroxide was the most effective extractant for desorption of all species except As(III) from both oxide surfaces. Arsenite was extracted most efficiently by 0.5 M PO₄ at low pH; however, amorphous Fe oxide exhibited a strong affinity for As(III) with a maximum of 18% of As(III) extracted by 0.5 M PO₄ at pH 2.8. Partial oxidation of As(III) to As(V) occurred in all extractions where an Fe oxide solid phase was present, but only in the hydroxide extract in the absence of a Fe solid phase. Addition of 0.1 M PO₄ to extractants used for the dissolution of the amorphous Fe oxide prevented the readsorption of As(V) and Se(IV) to goethite.

Abbreviations: DMA, dimethylarsinic acid • EXAFS, extended x-ray absorption fine structure • FTIR, Fourier transform infared • IC, ion chromatography • ICP–MS, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry • MMA, monomethylarsonic acid • p-ASA, p-arsanilic acid • ROX, roxarsone

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