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Speciation of sulphur in soils and soil particles by X-ray spectromicroscopy (2003)

Prietzel, J. ; Thieme, J. ; Neuhäusler, U. ; [et al.]

Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd

European journal of soil science 54 (2003), S. 0

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ISSN: 1365-2389

Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005

Topics: Geosciences , Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition

Notes: Current wet chemical methods for the speciation of sulphur (S) in soils are inaccurate and do not allow one to assess the S speciation of individual soil particles and colloids. X-ray microscopy and Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine structure Spectroscopy (NEXAFS) can be used to study individual species of S at the K-adsorption edge. We have used these techniques to identify and quantify S species in bulk soil, soil particles and colloids from Oh and Bh horizons of two forested Podzols. The partitioning of soil sulphur as determined on bulk samples of the Oh horizons by X-ray spectromicroscopy agreed fairly well with the results of a conventional S speciation for the soil at Schluchsee, and reasonably well for that at Rotherdbach. The NEXAFS analyses on individual soil particles revealed that they are richer in reduced organic sulphur than the bulk soil for the Schluchsee Oh and richer in sulphate for Rotherdbach Oh. The techniques can be used reliably to separate and quantify sulphur species with different oxidation states in the soil. The combination of X-ray transmission and sulphur fluorescence images with unfocused and focused NEXAFS spectra at the K-adsorption edge of sulphur at specific microsites allowed us to compare the distribution of S species in bulk soil with that of distinct soil particles and soil colloids. Moreover, we can use it to assess the spatial distribution of different S species on soil particles on a scale of a few hundred nanometres.

Type of Medium: Electronic Resource

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.00543.x

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Soft X-ray spectromicroscopy on solid-stabilized emulsions (1999)

Neuhäusler, U. ; Abend, S. ; Jacobsen, C. ; [et al.]

Springer

Colloid & polymer science 277 (1999), S. 719-726

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ISSN: 1435-1536

Keywords: Key words Layered double hydroxide ; Montmorillonite ; Pickering emulsions ; Soft X-ray spectromicroscopy ; Solid-stabilized emulsions

Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000

Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics

Notes: Abstract Oil–water emulsions stabilized by solids have been imaged with sub-100 nm spatial resolution and analyzed spectroscopically using a scanning transmission X-ray microscope. The emulsions are stabilized by particle heterocoagulate cages surrounding the oil droplets. These cages form due to the interaction of negatively charged clay mineral particles (sodium montmorillonite, Wyoming) and positively charged particles of calcium/aluminum layered double hydroxide (LDH). The emulsions were studied at atmospheric pressure, without any pretreatment using carbon K and calcium L X-ray absorption edges. Oil- and calcium-rich LDH were separately mapped, and the clay mineral dispersions were also imaged. Applying X-ray absorption-edge contrast, oil could be distinguished from water in the emulsion near the carbon K absorption edge (284 eV, 4.4 nm). Spectromicroscopy near the calcium L absorption edge (346 eV, 3.6 nm) allowed the structural details of heterocoagulate formation to be revealed.