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Selective Dissolution Techniques, X-Ray Diffraction and Mössbauer Spectroscopy Studies of Forms of Fe in Particle-Size Fractions of an Entic Haplustoll

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Particle-size fractions (∅ = mean diameter, 5–2 μm, 2–1 μm, and <1 μm) from the Ap horizon of an Entic Haplustoll from Argentina were treated with the selective-dissolution techniques ammonium oxalate (OX), dithionite-citrate-bicarbonate (DCB), NaOH, and Na-pyrophosphate (PY), and studied by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy (MS). Quartz, feldspar, smectite, illite and interstratified illite-smectite are the dominant minerals whereas Fe oxides and oxy-hydroxides are present in low concentration but increase as particle size decreases. Poorly crystallized oxides (highly Al-substituted hematite and goethite) amounts are lower, comparable to or slightly higher than the hematite amounts in the ∅ = 5–2 μm, 2–1 μm and <1 μm fractions respectively. This hematite is well crystallized but presents some degree of Al-substitution. Magnetite/maghemite was identified in the 2–1 μm fraction. Paramagnetic Fe3+ and Fe2+ are associated to the clay minerals and/or hydroxyl-interlayered 2:1 type material present; part of this Fe3+ is located in the hydroxy-interlayers its amount being higher in the smallest fraction. Any possible changes after the PY and NaOH treatments were not detected by MS.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional del Sur Av. Alem 1253, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    S. G. Acebal

  2. Department of Agronomy, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Altos del Palihué, 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina

    M. E. Aguirre

  3. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, CIC, Argentina

    R. M. Santamaría

  4. EMBL c/o DESY, Notkestrasse 85 Geb 25 A, 22607, Hamburg, Germany

    A. Mijovilovich

  5. Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Av. Túpac Amarú 210, Lima, Perú

    S. Petrick

  6. Department of Physics, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avda, Libertador 8250, 1429, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    C. Saragovi

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Acebal, S.G., Aguirre, M.E., Santamaría, R.M. et al. Selective Dissolution Techniques, X-Ray Diffraction and Mössbauer Spectroscopy Studies of Forms of Fe in Particle-Size Fractions of an Entic Haplustoll. Hyperfine Interactions 148, 3–12 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYPE.0000003758.14157.df

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