Goe
thi
te (g
t), 2-line (2lfh), 6-line ferrihydri
te (6lfh), andschwer
tmanni
te (shm) were reac
ted wi
th H
2S under s
teady-s
ta
te condi
tions a
t pH 2.5-5 using a novel se
tup
tha
tconsis
ted of an elec
trochemical sulfide genera
tor
transpor
tingH
2S in
to a suspension of oxides in a fluidized bed-reac
tor. The reac
tan
ts were s
toichiome
trically conver
tedin
to Fe
2+ and S
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ti
ties/deg.gif">. Sulfa
te significan
tly inhibi
ted
the ra
tes.Surface area normalized ra
tes increased wi
th pH. Theydepended on
the mineral
type following
the order g
t &g
t; 2lfh&g
t; 6lfh, con
tras
ting previous observa
tions a
t circumneu
tralpH wi
th an inverse order. The ra
te of shm dissolu
tionwas highes
t probably due
to direc
t reduc
tion of dissolvedferric iron by H
2S. A linear rela
tionship be
tween
theobserved ra
te and
the surface species of H
2S was derivedfrom a surface complexa
tion approach
tha
t allowed for
the es
tima
tion of in
trinsic ra
te cons
tan
ts
kintr for
the variousoxides (38 min
-1, 1.4 min
-1, 0.29 min
-1 for g
t, 2lfh, and6lfh, respec
tively).
kint decreased wi
th increasing
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ta.gif" BORDER=0 >
Gf for
the reac
tions and seems
to depend on
the reduc
tion po
ten
tialof
the solu
tion. From
this observa
tion we derived
thehypo
thesis
tha
t kint is de
termined by
the fla
t-band po
ten
tialof
the mineral/solu
te in
terface a
t low pH while beingaffec
ted by surface in
terac
tions a
t higher pH.