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XAFS Evidence for Amorphous Zinc Sulfide as a Major Zinc Species in Suspended Matter from the Seine River Downstream of Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
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PMID:  22360369     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Zinc is one of the most widespread Trace Metals (TMs) in Earth surface environments and is the most concentrated TM in the downstream section of the Seine River (France) due to significant anthropogenic input from the Paris conurbation. In order to better identify the sources and cycling processes of Zn in this River basin, we investigated seasonal and spatial variations of Zn speciation in suspended particulate matter (SPM) in the oxic water column of the Seine River from upstream to downstream of Paris using synchrotron-based Extend X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy at the Zn K-edge. First-neighbor contributions to the EXAFS were analyzed in SPM samples dried and stored under a dry nitrogen atmosphere or under an ambient oxygenated atmosphere. We found a sulfur first coordination environment around Zn (in the form of amorphous zinc sulfide) in the raw SPM samples stored under dry nitrogen vs. an oxygen first coordination environment around Zn in the samples stored in an oxygenated atmosphere. These findings are supported by scanning electron microscopic and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry observations. Linear combination fitting of the EXAFS data for SPM samples, using a large set of EXAFS spectra of Zn model compounds, indicate dramatic changes in the Zn speciation from upstream to downstream of Paris, with amorphous ZnS particles becoming dominant dowstream. In contrast, Zn species associated with calcite (either adsorbed or incorporated in the structure) are dominant upstream. Other Zn species representing about half of the Zn pool in the SPM consist of Zn-sorbed on iron oxyhydroxides (ferrihydrite and goethite) and, to a lesser extent, Zn-Al layered double hydroxides and Zn incorporated in dioctahedral layers of clay minerals. Our results highlight the importance of preserving the oxidation state in TM speciation studies when sampling suspended matter, even in an oxic water column. They also demonstrate that systematic use of such careful sampling procedures may reveal the presence of reduced solid phases that might have been overlooked in previous studies of type B metal-bearing samples in oxic surface water columns.
Authors:
Cindy Priadi; Pierre Le Pape; Guillaume Morin; Sophie Ayrault; Fabien Maillot; Farid Juillot; Rebecca Hochreutener; Isabelle Llohrens; Olivier Proux; Denis Testemale; Gordon E Brown
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-2-24
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Title:  Environmental science & technology     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1520-5851     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
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Created Date:  2012-2-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0213155     Medline TA:  Environ Sci Technol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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