Nickel Aqueous Speciation and Solubility at Ambient Conditions: A Thermodynamic Elegy |
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Authors: | Wolfgang Hummel Enzo Curti |
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Institution: | (1) Paul Scherrer Institut, Waste Management Laboratory, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland, CH |
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Abstract: | Summary. This review reveals that, in contrast to the general opinion, the aqueous speciation of nickel is poorly known. Besides the
fairly well established first hydrolysis constant, data are scarce and only poor estimates can be derived for higher Ni hydrolysis
constants from a few solubility studies. The situation is even worse in the case of aqueous carbonate complexes. No reliable
experimental study has been published so far and almost all numbers reported in thermodynamic databases are unacceptable estimates.
In this review we scrutinise all these published estimates and propose expectation ranges of nickel carbonate complex stability
through correlation with other known thermodynamic constants. Solubility constants for a few simple nickel solids are known
or have been estimated from thermochemical data. However, none of these simple solids is of geochemical relevance at ambient
conditions. Based on field evidence, classes of solids are identified which potentially govern nickel concentrations in ground
and surface waters. Recent spectroscopic data indicate that magnesium clay minerals and layered double hydroxides are the
most prominent candidates for nickel-bearing solids at ambient conditions.
Corresponding author. E-mail: wolfgang.hummel@psi.ch
Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Rolf Grauer
Received January 14, 2003; accepted January 24, 2003
Published online May 15, 2003 |
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Keywords: | , Thermodynamics, Complexes, Solubility, Transition metals, Carbonate, Alumosilicates, |
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