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ISOTOPIC EXCHANGE OF PHOSPHATE ON SOME PHOSPHATIC COMPOUNDS
Author(s) -
BUSSETTI S. G.,
FERREIRO E. A.,
HELMY A. K.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1977.tb02268.x
Subject(s) - phosphate , chemistry , kinetics , tracer , aqueous solution , solid solution , aluminium , inorganic chemistry , solubility , mineralogy , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics
Summary The kinetics of isotopic exchange of phosphate on hydroxyapatite, amorphous aluminium phosphate, phosphate‐treated aluminium oxide and dicalcium phosphate dihydrate were studied in aqueous suspensions as a function of solid/solution ratio and amount of added isotope. The tracer exchange reaction was independent of time for the dicalcium phosphate due to a very small amount of exchangeable phosphate found in the solid and to the high solubility of the material. For the other phosphates, a power function and/or a function composed of a series of exponential terms were found suitable for representing the tracer kinetics. The theoretical background for both functions is shown to be approximately the same. Both describe tracer kinetics for a system containing more than one solid phase. The amounts of exchangeable P were found to depend strongly on the solid/solution ratio but not on the amount of radioactivity added. The dependence of the tracer kinetics on the solid/solution ratio is due to the ageing processes that give rise to the formation of surface layers having physical and chemical properties different from those of the bulk solid.