Kinetics of redox cycling of iron coupled with fulvic acid |
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| Authors: | Yiwei Deng Werner Stumm |
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| Institution: | (1) Swiss Federal Institute for Water Resources and Water Pollution Control (EAWAG), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland;(2) Present address: Department of Inorganic Chemistry, The Royal Institute of Technology, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | The kinetics of conversion of iron(III) (hydr)oxides to ferrous iron mediated by fulvic acid have been investigated in order to improve the understanding of the redox cycling of iron at the oxic-anoxic boundary in natural waters. Under the conditions similar to natural waters, fulvic acid is able to reduce the iron(III) (hydr)oxide. The kinetics of the reaction depend on the reactivity of iron(III) (hydr)oxides and the reducing power of the fulvic acid. The rate of reaction is 60 nm/h obtained under following conditions: total concentration of Fe(III) 1.0 × 10–4 M, pH 7.5, fulvic acid 5 mg/L. The rate is considered as a net result of reduction and oxidation in the > FeIII-OH/Fe(II)  wheel coupled with fulvic acid. In a real natural water system, reductants other than fulvic acid may be of importance. The results obtained in the laboratory, however, provide evidence that the Fe(OH)3(s)/Fe(II) redox couple is able to act as an electron-transfer mediator for the oxidation of natural organic substances, such as fulvic acid by molecular oxygen either in the absence of microorganisms or as a supplement to microbial activity. |
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| Keywords: | iron(III) (hydr)oxide fulvic acid iron redox cycling dissolution surface reactivity kinetics |
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