Experiments on proton dissociation from the surfaces of goethite, amorphous Al oxide, kaolinite and latosolwere carried out, showing amphoteric behavior with reactions of proton dissociation-association on the surface...Experiments on proton dissociation from the surfaces of goethite, amorphous Al oxide, kaolinite and latosolwere carried out, showing amphoteric behavior with reactions of proton dissociation-association on the surfaces andbuffering capacity in such a sequence as amorphous Al oxide > latosol > kaolinite > goethite. Dissociation con-stants of surface proton, pK_(sa) are significantly correlated with surface charge density, which has been proved with anelectrochemical model. Tbe intrinsic constants of proton dissociation, K_(sa)(int), gained by extrapolation to zero charconditions of plots of pK_(sa) against σ_o, could be used to estimate the acidity strength of variable charge surfaces. Thevalue of pK_(sa)(int) is 8.08 for goethite, 1 .2 for amorphous Al oxide, 6.62 for kaolinite and 5 .32 for latosol.展开更多
文摘Experiments on proton dissociation from the surfaces of goethite, amorphous Al oxide, kaolinite and latosolwere carried out, showing amphoteric behavior with reactions of proton dissociation-association on the surfaces andbuffering capacity in such a sequence as amorphous Al oxide > latosol > kaolinite > goethite. Dissociation con-stants of surface proton, pK_(sa) are significantly correlated with surface charge density, which has been proved with anelectrochemical model. Tbe intrinsic constants of proton dissociation, K_(sa)(int), gained by extrapolation to zero charconditions of plots of pK_(sa) against σ_o, could be used to estimate the acidity strength of variable charge surfaces. Thevalue of pK_(sa)(int) is 8.08 for goethite, 1 .2 for amorphous Al oxide, 6.62 for kaolinite and 5 .32 for latosol.
