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Iron-Oxide Mineralogy of a Mollisol from Argentina: A Study By Selective-Dissolution Techniques, X-Ray Diffraction, and Mössbauer Spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Silvia G. Acebal ,
Ana Mijovilovich ,
Elsa H. Rueda ,
María E. Aguirre  and
Celia Saragovi
Silvia G. Acebal*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química e Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, 8000 - Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Ana Mijovilovich
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avda. Libertador 8250, 1429 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elsa H. Rueda
Affiliation:
Departamento de Química e Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, 8000 - Bahía Blanca, Argentina
María E. Aguirre
Affiliation:
Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Altos del Palihue, 8000 - Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Celia Saragovi
Affiliation:
Departamento de Física, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avda. Libertador 8250, 1429 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
E-mail of corresponding author: sacebal@criba.edu.ar
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Abstract

Selective-dissolution techniques by ammonium oxalate (OX), dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate (DCB), and dithionite-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (D-EDTA), and X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy were used to identify and characterize iron oxides and oxyhydroxides in the <2-mm, <50-μm, and <2-μm size fractions of a Mollisol from Bahia Bianca, Argentina. Iron compounds are present at low concentrations in mixtures with quartz, Na-rich feldspar, illite, interstratified illite-montmorillonite, and traces of kaolinite. Total Fe and Al content increases as soil particle size decreases, from 4.3 and 13.3 wt. % in the <2-mm size fraction to 8.5 and 22.8 wt. % in the clay fraction (<2 μm), respectively. No more than 25–30% of the total Fe is associated with the crystalline and the amorphous Fe oxides. Weakly ferromagnetic hematite and goethite were identified in the different fractions. These phases have small particle sizes and/or low crystallinity. They may also have Al for Fe substitutions. Crystalline magnetite or maghemite is rare. These Fe-rich phases are probably coating coarser particles.

The efficiency of Fe removal is highest for the D-EDTA treatment and least efficient for the OX method, for all fractions. The opposite is true for Al removal. Poorly crystalline hematite and goethite, which are soluble in oxalate, are only present in the coarser fractions. Poorly crystalline and crystalline hematite and goethite, which are soluble in DCB and EDTA, are present in coarser fractions, but do not occur in the clay fraction. DCB treatment probably dissolves Al in the 2:1 type phyllosilicates occurring in this soil, whereas D-EDTA dissolves Fe in the hydroxy interlayers of the smectite minerals or in the silicate phases.

Keywords

Ammonium-Oxalate Dissolution TreatmentChemical AnalysisDithionite-Citrate-Bicar-bonate Dissolution TreatmentDithionite-Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid Dissolution TreatmentMollisolsMössbauer SpectroscopyX-ray Diffraction

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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , June 2000 , pp. 322 - 330
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Copyright © 2000, The Clay Minerals Society

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