Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1519002 | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids | 2006 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Hydroxycarbonate {GR(CO32−)} and hydroxysulphate {GR(SO42−)} green rusts are synthesised by coprecipitation. Mössbauer spectroscopy shows that for both compounds the FeII: FeIII ratio is 2:1. A Rietveld refinement of a high resolution X-ray powder diffractogram of GR(CO32−) that uses a disordered pyroaurite like structure is performed. It leads to the cell parameters a=3.17588(2) Å and c=22.7123(3) Å and to a refined chemical formula [FeII4FeIII2(OH)12]2+[CO3, 3H2O]2− with Z=1/2. By comparing the structural properties of GR(SO42−) and GR(CO32−), the preferential formation of GR(SO42−) in aqueous solution is explained.
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Authors
Rabha Aissa, Michel Francois, Christian Ruby, Francois Fauth, Ghouti Medjahdi, Mustapha Abdelmoula, Jean-Marie Génin,