Stability of βMnOOH and manganese oxide deposition from springwater
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Abstract
Beta MnOOH is precipitated preferentially (with respect to Mn3O4) at temperatures near O°C when Mn2+ is oxidized in aerated aqueous solutions. Upon aging in solutions open to the atmosphere a slurry of βMnOOH tends to disproportionate to form MnO2 and Mn2+. In such aged solutions, Mn2+ and H+ activities can be constant, and both the oxidation reaction Mn2++¼O2(aq) + 3/2H2O → βMnOOH (c) + 2H+ and the disproportionate reaction 2βMnOOH (c) + 2H+ → MnO2(c) + Mn2+ + 2H2O can have positive reaction affinities. It is not possible for both reactions to be in thermodynamic equilibrium in the same system unless oxygen is almost completely absent. A value for ΔGf0 of −129.8±0.6 kcal/mol was obtained for βMnOOH from experimental data by assuming that the reaction affinity for the oxidation reaction is equal to that for the disproportionation. A value for ΔGf0 for βMnOOH of −129.8±0.5 kcal/mol was determined by measuring the redox potentials for the postulated half-reaction MnO2 (c) + H+ + e− → βMnOOH (c) at 0°, 5°, and 15°C and extrapolating to 25°C. Both these values are consistent with laboratory observations that βMnOOH is less stable than γMnOOH or Mn3O4 at 25°C. Analytical data for manganese-depositing springwater samples are consistent with a nonequilibrium model involving disproportionation of either βMnOOH or Mn3O4.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Stability of βMnOOH and manganese oxide deposition from springwater |
| Series title | Water Resources Research |
| DOI | 10.1029/WR018i003p00563 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 563 |
| Last page | 570 |
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