X-ray accelerated photo-oxidation of As(III) in solution

Autor: Iván Ortega-Blake, M. Cristina Vargas, Jorge Hernández-Cobos, Amelie Leclercq, Christophe Den Auwer, P. L. Solari, Jose Mustre de Leon, Juan S. Lezama-Pacheco, Jesús Canche-Tello
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: The journal of physical chemistry. A. 119(12)
ISSN: 1520-5215
Popis: We performed near edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XANES) measurements on the arsenic K-edge of As(III) in solution under acidic and basic conditions, after exposure of the solutions to air. Spectra were recorded for increasing exposure times to the X-rays used to perform absorption spectroscopy measurements. We did not find changes for the solution under acidic conditions, whereas we observed significant changes in the case of solution under alkaline conditions. To interpret these changes, we compared the obtained spectra with XANES spectra of As(III) and As(V) solutions under alkaline conditions, not exposed to air, and used as standards. Principal component fits using these standards indicate an accelerated conversion of As(III) to As(V) due to the exposure to X-rays.
Databáze: OpenAIRE