COLL 274 |
Mineral surfaces, particularly Fe-(hydr)oxides, play a predominant role in controlling the composition of natural waters and regulating transport and bioavailability of aqueous contaminants. X-ray crystal truncation rod (CTR) diffraction is used to investigate surface structures, relaxations, and chemical identity of terminating surface moieties of a chemically mechanically polished (CMP) prepared Fe3O4(111) in hydrated conditions that resulted in a 2-surface termination; 70% oxygen-octahedral iron : 30% oxygen-tetrahedral-octahedral-tetrahedral iron. To better control and understand how the surface structure/composition changes, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is used where the resultant surface is characterized using in-situ CTR and ex-situ atomic force microscopy (AFM). EIS results show the oxidized surface has similar resistance to the reduced surface with no apparent changes in the CTR rods; however the AFM images show the formation of globules on the surface. The terminating surface structures of reduced and oxidized Fe3O4(111) surfaces and implications on the surface reactivity will be discussed. |
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The Physical Chemistry of Environmental Interfaces
6:00 PM-8:00 PM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Rm. 244/245, Poster
Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry |