Figure 2.
X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) of unreacted and reacted solids (after LOI, pH 2 and 13) from the Jackpile Mine (JP2). (A) U LIII edge EXAFS of the Jackpile Mine solid samples using the following references: uraninite, coffinite, and monomeric U(IV) for U(IV) and uranyladsorbed ferrihydrite as reference for U(VI). (B) Normalized bulk U LIII edge XANES spectra using uraninite (nano-UO2) as a reference for U(IV) and adsorbed ferrihydrite as a reference for U(VI). (C) Linear combination fitting of the U LIII edge EXAFS spectra of U(VI) and U(IV) species in the Jackpile Mine solid samples.
