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Dissolution of Fe(III)- and Mn(III,IV)- (hydr)oxides by deferrioxamine B

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Lloyd, Thomas (1999) Dissolution of Fe(III)- and Mn(III,IV)- (hydr)oxides by deferrioxamine B. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/dxzk-z221. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02082008-163932

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Microbially produced siderophores are thought to have evolved to increase the availability of iron in oxic aqueous systems. Historically, it has been assumed that siderophores interact with iron found in Fe(III)-(hydr)oxides, removing iron from the solid to form ferrated aqueous species of the siderophore available for uptake by the microorganism. However, this proposed interaction of siderophore with the solid phase has not been examined in detail.

The work presented in this thesis examines the interaction of a model trihydroxamic acid siderophore (deferrioxamine B) with synthetic Fe(III)-, Mn(III), Mn(IV)- (hydr)oxide particles. The experiments were designed to characterize the mineral dissolution process mediated by deferrioxamine B (DFA). DFA was found to dissolve all the solid particles used in the study. The Fe(III)- (hydr)oxides dissolved exclusively by a nonreductive mechanism. The dissolution is a surface-mediated process. Dissolution of manganite was found to be analogous to the Fe(III)-(hydr)oxide dissolution process, while the dissolution of pyrolusite was found to follow a complicated mechanism that involves reductive processes. The interactions between DFA and the solid surface are examined experimentally and theoretically.

Under the conditions in which (i) the concentration of DFA in solution remains essentially constant over the course of the reaction, i.e., the concentration of the ferrated form of DFA (FA) is much less than [DFA][...] over the whole time of the reaction, and (ii) the concentration of available surface sites remains constant, the dissolution rate can be modeled as a pseudo-zero [...] order reaction, where

R = k'.

Under the same conditions and where the concentration of adsorbed DFA is measured, the dissolution rate can be modeled as a pseudo-first order process, where

R = k [[...]Fe — DFA],

where [[...]Fe — DFA] is defined as the concentration of adsorbed DFA. Conditions (i) and (ii) imply that a necessary condition for observation of a pseudo-zero [...] order process is that [[...]Fe — DFA] remains constant over the course of the reaction. Where these conditions fail, the dissolution process becomes more complicated, and the experiments presented here do not address these cases in detail.

Item Type:Thesis (Dissertation (Ph.D.))
Degree Grantor:California Institute of Technology
Division:Engineering and Applied Science
Major Option:Environmental Science and Engineering
Thesis Availability:Public (worldwide access)
Research Advisor(s):
  • Morgan, James J.
Thesis Committee:
  • Morgan, James J. (chair)
  • Hering, Janet G.
  • Bercaw, John E.
  • Hoffmann, Michael R.
Defense Date:1 January 1999
Record Number:CaltechETD:etd-02082008-163932
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-02082008-163932
DOI:10.7907/dxzk-z221
Default Usage Policy:No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.
ID Code:566
Collection:CaltechTHESIS
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Deposited On:20 Feb 2008
Last Modified:16 Apr 2021 22:10

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