Characterization of Mercury Jarosite

Sayra Ordoñez, Francisco Patiño, Mizraim Uriel Flores, Iván Alejandro Reyes, Elia Guadalupe Palacios, Víctor Hugo Flores, Martín Reyes, Ister Mireles, Hernán Islas

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This paper presents the characterization of a sample of mercury jarosite that was synthesized by slowly adding Hg(NO3)2·H2O into a Fe2(SO4)3·nH2O solution. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis performed on the sample confirmed that the compound presents a crystal phase corresponding to mercury jarosite. Analysis through Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) determined that the precipitate is composed of mercury, sulfur, iron and oxygen. It is made up of spherical particles with an average size of 38µm; these particles are made of rhombohedral micro-crystals with sizes ranging between 1 and 2µm. Chemical characterization was performed through dichromatometry analysis, gravimetry and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), thus obtaining the following composition: 27% Fe3+, 37% SO4 2− 14% Hg2+, 22% OH+H3O++H2O. The following approximate formula of the compound was determined from chemical analysis: [Hg0.39(H3O)0.22]Fe2.71(SO4)2.17(OH)4.79(H2O)2.09.

Idioma originalInglés
Título de la publicación alojadaCharacterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2017
EditoresJian Li, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Juan P. Escobedo-Diaz, Jeongguk Kim, Ramasis Goswami, Jiann-Yang Hwang, Yunus Eren Kalay, Bowen Li, Mingming Zhang, Shadia Ikhmayies, John S. Carpenter, Zhiwei Peng, Donato Firrao, Chenguang Bai
EditorialSpringer International Publishing
Páginas585-592
Número de páginas8
ISBN (versión impresa)9783319513812
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 2017
Publicado de forma externa
EventoInternational Symposium on Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials, 2017 - San Diego, Estados Unidos
Duración: 26 feb. 20172 mar. 2017

Serie de la publicación

NombreMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
VolumenPart F7
ISSN (versión impresa)2367-1181
ISSN (versión digital)2367-1696

Conferencia

ConferenciaInternational Symposium on Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials, 2017
País/TerritorioEstados Unidos
CiudadSan Diego
Período26/02/172/03/17

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