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Determination of Hydroxyl Radical Production from Sulfide Oxidation Relevant to Sulfidic Porewaters
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posted on 2020-02-04, 19:50 authored by Samuel
M. Lombardo, Amanda M. Vindedahl, William A. ArnoldHydroxyl
radical (·OH) production from the reaction between
aqueous total sulfide ([H2S]T = [H2S] + [HS–] + [S2–]) and dissolved
oxygen is potentially an environmentally important reaction when anoxic,
sulfidic water is exposed to oxygen. Using hydroxyterephthalate (hTPA)
formation from the reaction of terephthalic acid (TPA) with ·OH
as a probe for ·OH production, hydrogen peroxide was verified
as an essential intermediate, and the production of free ·OH,
versus lower energy hydroxylating agents, was established. The optimal
conditions for the quantification of ·OH production kinetics
and yield were determined by varying TPA and total sulfide concentrations.
An initial total sulfide concentration of 10 μM and TPA concentration
of 2 mM was used to find a yield of 15 mmol of ·OH per mole [H2S]T. Additionally, a pseudo-first-order model elucidated
a maximum rate of production of 1.04 (±0.05) × 10–4 moles of ·OH per hour per mole of [H2S]T. Experiments with sulfidic wetland porewaters containing up to 294
mg/L of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) revealed that [H2S]T, and not reduced DOC, was the dominant source of ·OH.
A simple model considering a water containing [H2S]T, DOC, and methane exposed to a constant concentration of
oxygen (∼50 μM) gave steady state values of [·OH]
ranging from 5.7 × 10–19 to 3.2 × 10–18 M. The results indicate that [H2S]T should be considered a source of dark formation of ·OH
in addition to ferrous iron and reduced DOC.
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ferrous ironSulfidic Porewaters Hydroxylhydrogen peroxide10 μ MOHHSsulfide concentrationSulfide Oxidation15 mmol2 mMTPA concentrationDOCstate valuessulfidic waterenergy hydroxylating agentsH 2 Spseudo-first-order modelsulfidic wetland porewaterssulfide concentrationsHydroxyl Radical Productionterephthalic acid
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