Dissolution of brucite and the (001) surface at neutral pH : In situ atomic force microscopy observations
Kudoh, Yuriko (The University of Tokyo. Department of Earth and Planetary Science)
Kameda, Jun (The University of Tokyo. Department of Earth and Planetary Science)
Kogure, Toshihiro (The University of Tokyo. Department of Earth and Planetary Science)

Date:	2006
Abstract:	The dissolution of brucite, Mg(OH), on the (001) surface was investigated using in situ atomic force microscopy in solutions at near-neutral pH. Dissolution proceeded by the formation of crystallographically oriented triangular etch pits with monolayer step and expansion of the pits. The sides of the triangle are parallel to the [100], [110] and [010] directions of the brucite structure, and the orientation of lines from the center of the triangle to the three apices are along the [210], [110] and [120] directions. This orientation may produce pit edges where OH groups coordinate to two Mg. Although triangular etch pits with monolayer depth formed mostly at random on the (001) surface, concentric pits penetrating several layers were also observed. Etch pits with spiral steps were rarely observed. Coalescence of the pits resulted in stranded terraces that diminished in size rapidly and formed a rounded irregular form. The step-retreat velocity around the triangular pit is 0. 015-0. 04 nm/s at pH 5-8. The retreat velocity around the stranded terraces was about three times more rapid than that around the triangular etch pits. Copyright © 2006, The Clay Minerals Society.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Atomic Force Microscopy ; Brucite ; Dissolution ; Etch Pit ; Step Velocity
Published in:	Clays and Clay Minerals, Vol. 54, Núm. 5 (2006) , p. 598-604, ISSN 1552-8367

DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2006.0540506

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