Fouriertransformedinfraredspectrometry(FTIR)and27AlMagicAnglespinning(MAS)nuclearmagneticresonancespectroscopywereemployedtocharacterizearsenateadsorptiononamorphousAlgelswithKegginstructureatpH=4–10.Thesestudieshaveproventhat:thesurfacecomplexspeciesofarsenateshowsignificantdifferencesunderacidicandalkalineconditions,whichwasdeducedbasedontheAs-Ostretchingvibrationbandslocatedrespectivelyat774and870cm-1;poorlycrystallineAl13(orAl)-arsenateprecipitationcouldbeeasilyformedunderacidmediumconditionandhighloadinglevel,whichwassupportedbycomparingtheAs-Ovibration(at≈732cm-1)ofprecipitationtoadsorbedAlgels;arsenate(AsO43-)adsorptionhasnoeffectontheKegginstructureofAlgelswithbasicity(R)=2.6and3.0,evenathighloadinglevel,asevidencedbythesignalat≈63×10-6ofmagicanglespinning(MAS)-27AlNMR.Theadsorptionenvelopewasdeterminedbyconventionalbatchexperiments.
