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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2011 Dec 16;46(2):1055–1062. doi: 10.1021/es203612d

Table 2.

Possible surface complexation reactions between iron oxides and dissolved SiO2

Reaction Reference
≡FeOH + Si(OH)4 → ≡FeSiO(OH)3 + H2O (1) 11, 12, 30
≡FeOH + Si(OH)4 → ≡FeSiO2(OH)2 + H2O + H+ (2) 11, 12, 30
≡FeOH + Si2O2(OH)5 + H+ → ≡FeSi2O2(OH)5 + H2O (3) 12
≡FeOH + Si2O2(OH)5 → ≡FeSi2O3(OH)4 + H2O (4) 12
2 ≡FeOH + Si(OH)4 → ≡Fe2O2Si(OH)2 + 2 H2O (5) 18, 28
2 ≡FeOH + 3 Si(OH)4 → ≡Fe2H6-nSi3O10n− + n H+ + 4 H2O (6) 29