[Ifeffit] Ifeffit Digest, Vol 212, Issue 7
Dean Hesterberg
dean_hesterberg at ncsu.edu
Fri Oct 16 13:17:59 CDT 2020
Mike made a very good point. Both of the lower-energy features do seem
unusually intense relative to the normalized background, at least in
comparison to most Fe or Al bonded phosphate species that I've seen.
On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:56 PM Mike Massey <mmassey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm fair enough. I'm not necessarily claiming it's not a "real" feature,
> but I would definitely be cautious of going looking for an interpretation
> of this one until I was absolutely sure.
>
> To me, 5000 ppm potentially seems a bit high still, but I don't know the
> detector or setup you're using, or how many replicate spectra you are
> comfortable with taking. Maybe a 2:1 or 3:1 dilution would at least be
> worth trying, just from looking at the spectrum it seems like you may have
> room to go lower.
>
> But I'm also curious to dig through my notes and data so I'll do that as
> soon as I can, too.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 17, 2020, at 1:29 AM, Ganga Hettiarachchi <ganga at ksu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Dean,
> > Thanks for this interpretation; it makes sense. I was (am still) quite
> surprised by the intense of Al(III) pre-edge feature as we did not detect
> anything else in our XRD work, except some Fe oxides (the product is X-ray
> amorphous most likely).
> >
> > Hello Mike,
> > Thanks. We diluted this sample already to bring P concentration below
> 5000 mg/kg. We can potentially try further diluting, but when we go below
> that, sometimes we have a hard time getting a reasonable P spectrum in
> environmental samples.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Ganga
> >
> > --------------------
> >
> > Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Ph.D.
> > Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
> > Department of Agronomy
> > 2107 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center
> > 1712 Claflin Road
> > Kansas State University
> > Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
> >
> > 785-532-7209 (office)
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> >
> >
> http://www.agronomy.k-state.edu/research/soil-and-environment/soil-environment-chem/
> >
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> >
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> > 1. Re: P K-edge XANES spectrum question (Dean Hesterberg)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 05:21:58 -0400
> > From: Dean Hesterberg <dean_hesterberg at ncsu.edu>
> > To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit <ifeffit at millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov>
> > Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] P K-edge XANES spectrum question
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> > 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 at 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Ph.D.
> >>
> >> Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
> >>
> >> Department of Agronomy
> >>
> >> 2107 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center
> >>
> >> 1712 Claflin Road
> >>
> >> Kansas State University
> >>
> >> Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 785-532-7209 (office)
> >>
> >> 785-532-6094 (FAX)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.agronomy.k-state.edu/research/soil-and-environment/soil-env
> >> ironment-chem/
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.agronomy.k-state.edu/people/faculty/hettiarachchi-ganga/ind
> >> ex.html
> >>
> >>
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> > DEAN HESTERBERG
> > William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Soil Chemistry Dept. of
> Crop and Soil Sciences NC State University
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 22:52:52 +1300
> > From: Mike Massey <mmassey at gmail.com>
> > To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit <ifeffit at millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov>
> > Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] P K-edge XANES spectrum question
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> > I recommend diluting this sample by a lot (20x maybe, or more) and
> collecting another spectrum. I've had instances of strange features in P
> spectra that ended up being weird self-absorption type artifacts.
> >
> > I will dig through the spectra I have from similar samples, this one
> reminds me of a spectrum I saw once, perhaps in a similar system...It would
> be interesting if we inadvertently got similar results. Thanks for sharing!
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Oct 16, 2020, at 10:22 PM, Dean Hesterberg <dean_hesterberg at ncsu.edu>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> ?
> >> 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 at 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --------------------
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Ph.D.
> >>>
> >>> Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
> >>>
> >>> Department of Agronomy
> >>>
> >>> 2107 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center
> >>>
> >>> 1712 Claflin Road
> >>>
> >>> Kansas State University
> >>>
> >>> Manhattan, KS 66506 USA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 785-532-7209 (office)
> >>>
> >>> 785-532-6094 (FAX)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://www.agronomy.k-state.edu/research/soil-and-environment/soil-en
> >>> vironment-chem/
> >>> http://www.agronomy.k-state.edu/people/faculty/hettiarachchi-ganga/in
> >>> dex.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >> DEAN HESTERBERG
> >> William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Soil Chemistry Dept.
> >> of Crop and Soil Sciences NC State University
> >>
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DEAN HESTERBERG
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Soil Chemistry
Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences
NC State University
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