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The first environmental science experiments on the new microfocus spectroscopy beamline at Diamond

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. F. W. Mosselmans ,
P. D. Quinn ,
J. Roque Rosell ,
K. D. Atkinson ,
A. J. Dent ,
S. I. Cavill ,
M. E. Hodson ,
C. A. Kirk  and
P. F. Schofield
J. F. W. Mosselmans*
Affiliation:
Diamond Light Source Ltd, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
P. D. Quinn
Affiliation:
Diamond Light Source Ltd, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
J. Roque Rosell
Affiliation:
Diamond Light Source Ltd, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
K. D. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Diamond Light Source Ltd, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
A. J. Dent
Affiliation:
Diamond Light Source Ltd, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
S. I. Cavill
Affiliation:
Diamond Light Source Ltd, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0DE, UK
M. E. Hodson
Affiliation:
Department of Soil Science, University of Reading, WhiteKnights, Reading, RG6 6DW, UK
C. A. Kirk
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University of Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
P. F. Schofield
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, UK
*
*E-mail: Fred.Mosselmans@diamond.ac.uk
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Abstract

Synchrotron based μ-XRF, μ-XAS and μ-XRD have made a major impact in the field of environmental science in the last ten years. One of the first seven ‘day one’ beamlines on the Diamond Light Source is a microfocus spectroscopy beamline, beamline I18. Here the current status of the beamline and the opportunities it presents in the field of environmental science are described, with results from two of the first experiments also included. The first is based on the use of bonemeal to remediate soil. We used Zn K-edge and Pb L3-edge spectroscopy to characterize the speciation of these two elements on a soil after bonemeal treatment. The results are compared with bulk measurements taken on the whole soil and standard materials. The second experiment described here is a study of the speciation and association of Ni in a laterite from Moa Bay, Cuba. Here the differences in the Ni speciation associated with Mn oxides are examined and compared with Fe oxides phases.

Keywords

microfocus spectroscopy beamlinelateritebonemeal treatmentMoa BayCuba
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 197 - 200
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2008

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