几种不同类型的FeOOH吸附水溶液中铬离子研究

采用两种显微结构不同的螺旋状和管状构造的天然铁细菌矿化针铁矿和化学合成的α—FeOOH及两种有机高分子模板矿化结晶的β-FeOOH作为吸附材料，分别在pH=5和6时对含Cr^3 和Cr(Ⅵ)废水进行了吸附实验研究，结果表明，天然生物矿化针铁矿对金属阳离子和阴离子均有明显的吸附作用，其显微结构、大小和形态影响其吸附能力；纯化学合成的针铁矿对铬离子的吸附能力较低；通过有机模板合成的纳米微晶β-FeOOH对Cr^3 和Cr(Ⅵ)均有极高的去除率，这与其表面存在与有机分子络合作用、增大了其表面对金属离子和铬酸根的化学亲合力有关。     

Sulphide mineralisation in the deep sea hydrothermal vent polychaete, Alvinella pompejana: implications for fossil preservation

Hydrothermal vent fauna, particularly vestimentiferan and polychaete worm tubes, are occasionally preserved in the geological record. The early stages of mineralisation are particularly important in defining whether or not preservation will occur, and they are poorly understood. Tube samples of the polychaete worm Alvinella pompejana collected from 13°N on the East Pacific Rise have been studied to identify the processes occurring during early pyrite/marcasite mineralisation. Iron sulphide mineralisation is present within the walls of the organic dwelling tube, and is induced by microbial fauna preserved within the tube micro-layers. Various microorganisms were observed coating the inner tube surfaces, together with 10-100 μm-sized Fe- and Zn-sulphide particles precipitated from vent fluids. The microbes and particulate sulphides become entombed within the tube wall as further layers of organic material are secreted by the worm, during tube-building episodes. This results in a laminated tube structure being formed, composed of alternating layers of tube material and microbial/sulphide-rich interlayers. The microbial/sulphide layers provide a template for further mineralisation and replacement of the microbes with pyrite while degradation of the organic components occurs. The iron monosulphides mackinawite and greigite have been identified as intermediatory phases that occur as precursor minerals during the formation of pyrite. Later marcasite mineralisation is observed to form over some of the pyritised organic layers. Once mineralisation has replaced most of the organic tube material, the structure will then be preserved along with the host sulphide body. These observations enhance our understanding of the mechanisms of fossil pyritisation in fine-scaled organic structures throughout the geological record.