Experimental Insights into the Genesis and Growth of Struvite Particles on Low-Solubility Dolomite Mineral Surfaces
Experimental Insights into the Genesis and Growth of Struvite Particles on Low-Solubility Dolomite Mineral Surfaces
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10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05292
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2019-09
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Daniyal Kiani;Manoj Silva;Y. Sheng;J. Baltrusaitis
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Daniyal Kiani;Manoj Silva;Y. Sheng;J. Baltrusaitis
Low-solubility Mg2+-containing mineral surfaces, including periclase (MgO) and magnesite (MgCO3), can act as sustainable sources of Mg2+ ions to yield green fertilizer struvite (MgNH4PO4) via a two-dimensional surface-facilitated growth. This work studied the kinetics, mechanism, and single-particle speciation of the natural mineral dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) during struvite formation utilizing NH4+ and PO43– ions from simulated wastewater. A range of [Mg2+]/[NH4+]/[PO43–] ratios were tested and 0.69:1:1 [500/600 ppm of dolomite/monoammonium phosphate (MAP)] yielded the highest NH4+ removal efficiency of 37%. The highest PO43– removal of 94% was obtained using ratio 1.37:1:1 (1000/600 ppm dolomite/MAP) but resulted in an amorphous solid phosphate phase rather than struvite. Moreover, significant compositional heterogeneities were observed in the spatially resolved ex situ single-crystal Raman spectroscopy with CaCO3, MgCO3, MHPO4, and M(H2PO4)2 (M: Mg or Ca) detected. Temporally resolved in situ Raman spectros...