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Thermal decomposition of hydronium jarosite (H3O)Fe3(SO4)2(OH)6
Authors:R L Frost  R A Wills  J T Kloprogge  W N Martens
Institution:(1) Inorganic Materials Research Program, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2434, 4001, Queensland
Abstract:Thermogravimetry combined with mass spectrometry has been used to study the thermal decomposition of a synthetic hydronium jarosite. Five mass loss steps are observed at 262, 294, 385, 557 and 619°C. The mass loss step at 557°C is sharp and marks a sharp loss of sulphate as SO3 from the hydronium jarosite. Mass spectrometry through evolved gases confirms the first three mass loss steps to dehydroxylation, the fourth to a mass loss of the hydrated proton and a sulphate and the final step to the loss of the remaining sulphate. Changes in the molecular structure of the hydronium jarosite were followed by infrared emission spectroscopy. This technique allows the infrared spectrum at the elevated temperatures to be obtained. Infrared emission spectroscopy confirms the dehydroxylation has taken place by 400 and the sulphate loss by 650°C. Jarosites are a group of minerals formed in evaporite deposits and form a component of the efflorescence. The minerals can function as cation and heavy metal collectors. Hydronium jarosite has the potential to act as a cation collector by the replacement of the proton with a heavy metal cation.
Keywords:dehydration  dehydroxylation  high-resolution thermogravimetric analysis  hydronium jarosite  infrared emission spectroscopy  jarosite
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