Kinetics and mechanism of polythionate oxidation to sulfate at low pH by O2 and Fe |
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| Authors: | Gregory K Druschel Robert J Hamers |
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| Institution: | 1 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA
2 Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706 USA |
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| Abstract: | Polythionates (SxO62−) are important in redox transformations involving many sulfur compounds. Here we investigate the oxidation kinetics and mechanisms of trithionate and tetrathionate oxidation between pH 0.4 and pH 2 in the presence of Fe3+ and/or oxygen. In these solutions, Fe3+ plus oxygen oxidizes tetrathionate and trithionate at least an order of magnitude faster than oxygen alone. Kinetic measurements, coupled with density functional calculations, suggest that the rate-limiting step for tetrathionate oxidation involves Fe3+ attachment, followed by electron density shifts that result in formation of a sulfite radical and S3O30 derivatives. The overall reaction orders for trithionate and tetrathionate are fractional due to rearrangement reactions and side reactions between reactants and intermediate products. The pseudo-first order rate coefficients for tetrathionate range from 10−11 s−1 at 25°C to 10−8 s−1 at 70°C, compared to 2 × 10−7 s−1 at 35 °C for trithionate. The apparent activation energy (EA) for tetrathionate oxidation at pH 1.5 is 104.5 ± 4.13 kJ/mol. A rate law at pH 1.5 and 70°C between 0.5 and 5 millimolar Fe3+] is of the form: |
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