Hello Ganga,

That is a very interesting spectrum. Given what you said about the system, the lower energy feature at ~ 2146 eV should be Fe(III)-bonded phosphate and the feature at ~2149 eV should be Al(III)-bonded phosphate. Both produce pre-white line absorption peaks, but the Al-bonded phosphate peak is closer to the white line and less distinct in spectra of Al-phosphates like variscite and non-crystalline Al-phosphate, for example (see Khare et al. 2007. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71:4405, Fig. 5C). A significant proportion of the phosphate in your system apparently precipitated with Al-13 polymer structures in the aluminum chlorohydrate.

Dean

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:26 AM Ganga Hettiarachchi <ganga@ksu.edu> wrote:

All,

Can anyone provide some insight into the pre-edge “features” in this P XANES spectrum?

This is the P XANES spectrum we got for a recovered P-product (rich in Fe and Al) from wastewater using the AnMBR technology. During the coagulation process, our collaborators (environmental engineers) used stock solutions of aluminum chlorohydrate (ACH) and FeCl3.

Thanks very much.

Best regards,

Ganga

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