Chromium(III) Hydroxide Solubility in the Aqueous K+-H+-OH?-CO2-HCO 3? -CO 32? -H2O System: A?Thermodynamic Model |
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Authors: | Dhanpat Rai Dean A Moore Nancy J Hess Kevin M Rosso Linfeng Rao and Steve M Heald |
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Institution: | (1) Present address: Rai Enviro-Chem, LLC, PO Box 784, Yachats, OR, USA;(2) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA;(3) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA;(4) Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | Chromium(III)-carbonate reactions are expected to be important in managing high-level radioactive wastes. Extensive studies
on the solubility of amorphous Cr(III) hydroxide solid in a wide range of pH (3–13) at two different fixed partial pressures
of CO2(g) (0.003 or 0.03 atm.), and as functions of K2CO3 concentrations (0.01 to 5.8 mol⋅kg−1) in the presence of 0.01 mol⋅dm−3 KOH and KHCO3 concentrations (0.001 to 0.826 mol⋅kg−1) at room temperature (22±2 °C) were carried out to obtain reliable thermodynamic data for important Cr(III)-carbonate reactions.
A combination of techniques (XRD, XANES, EXAFS, UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, thermodynamic analyses of solubility data, and quantum
mechanical calculations) was used to characterize the solid and aqueous species. The Pitzer ion-interaction approach was used
to interpret the solubility data. Only two aqueous species Cr(OH)(CO3)22− and Cr(OH)4CO33−] are required to explain Cr(III)-carbonate reactions in a wide range of pH, CO2(g) partial pressures, and bicarbonate and carbonate concentrations. Calculations based on density functional theory support
the existence of these species. The log 10
K° values of reactions involving these species {Cr(OH)3(am) + 2CO2(g)⇌Cr(OH)(CO3)22−+2H+} and {Cr(OH)3(am) + OH−+CO32−
⇌Cr(OH)4CO33−}] were found to be −(19.07±0.41) and −(4.19±0.19), respectively. No other data on any Cr(III)-carbonato complexes are available
for comparisons. |
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Keywords: | Thermodynamics Cr(OH)3(am) Solubility Carbonate complexes Ion-interaction parameters Cr(III)-carbonate complexes Cr(OH)(CO3)22− Cr(OH)4CO33− Quantum mechanics |
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