Table of contents : Iron Oxides in the Laboratory......Page 2 Contents......Page 10 Introduction......Page 22 1 The Iron Oxides......Page 26 1.1 The Major Iron Oxides......Page 27 1.2 Less Conmon or Rare Iron Oxides......Page 31 1.3 Iron Oxides in the Environment......Page 34 2.2.1 Washing......Page 40 2.2.3 Storage......Page 42 2.3.1 Total Analysis......Page 43 2.3.3 Impurities......Page 44 2.4 Removal of Iron Oxides from Reaction Vessels......Page 45 2.5 Purity of Reagents......Page 46 3.2 Color (A. Scheinost)......Page 48 3.2.1 Origin of Color......Page 50 3.2.2 Color Measurement......Page 53 3.2.3 Color Systems......Page 54 3.2.4 Identification of Iron Oxides by Color and Crystal-Field Bands......Page 58 3.3 X-Ray Powder Diffraction......Page 63 3.4 Microscopy......Page 68 3.5 Surface Area, Porosity and Fractal Dimensions......Page 70 3.6 Acid Oxalate Extraction......Page 71 3.7 Infrared Spectroscopy......Page 72 3.9 Mössbauer Spectroscopy......Page 74 4.1.1 Nucleation......Page 76 4.1.3 Production of Monodispersed Particles......Page 78 4.1.4 Production of Nanoparticles......Page 80 4.2.1 Hydrolysis of Acidic Solutions of FeIII Salts......Page 81 4.2.2 Transformation of Ferrihydrite......Page 82 4.2.3 Oxidative Hydrolysis of FeII Salts......Page 83 4.2.5 The Gel-Sol Method......Page 84 4.2.7 Decomposition of Metal Chelates......Page 85 5.1 Introductions......Page 88 5.2.1 Preparation from an Alkaline System (acc. to Böhm. 1925)......Page 94 5.2.2 Preparation fiom an Acid System (acc. to Mørup et al., 1983)......Page 95 5.2.3 Preparation From a Cysteine/2-line Ferrihydrite System......Page 97 5.3 Pure Goethite from an FeII System......Page 99 5.4 General Comments......Page 104 5.5.1.1 Preparation from an Alkaline FeIII System......Page 107 5.5.1.2 Preparation from an FeII-System......Page 109 5.5.2 Cr-Substituted Goethite Fe1–xCrxOOH......Page 110 5.5.3 Mn-Substituted Goethite Fe1–xMnxOOH......Page 111 5.5.4 V-Substituted Goethite Fe1–xVxOOH......Page 112 6.1 Introduction......Page 114 6.2 Preparation......Page 115 6.3 Other Methods......Page 118 7.2 Preparation......Page 120 8.1 Introduction......Page 124 8.2 6-Line Ferrihydrite......Page 125 8.3 2-Line Ferrihydrite......Page 126 8.4 Ferrihydrites with a Range of Crystallinities (acc. to D. G. Lewis)......Page 131 9.2 Preparation by Hydrolysis of Acidic FeCI3 Solutions (Somatoids)......Page 134 9.4 Si-containing Akaganéite......Page 139 10.1 Introduction......Page 142 10.2 Preparation by Forced Hydrolysis of FeIII Salt Solutions......Page 143 10.3 Preparation by Transformation of 2-Line Ferrihydrite......Page 147 10.4 Monodisperse Hematites of Different Crystal Shapes......Page 151 10.5 Other Methods......Page 153 10.6 Al-substituted Hematite......Page 154 10.7 Coated Hematite......Page 155 11.2 Preparation by Oxidation of a FeII Solution......Page 156 11.3 Cation-substituted Magnetites......Page 161 12.2 Preparation......Page 162 13.2 Preparation......Page 164 14.1 Introduction......Page 168 14.2 Preparation......Page 169 15.1 Introduction......Page 174 15.2 Preparation......Page 175 16.1 Introduction......Page 178 16.2 Demonstration: Synthesis of Fe Oxides......Page 179 16.3 Lecture: Processes by which Fe Oxides Form......Page 180 16.4 Video : Iron in a Landscape......Page 183 References......Page 186 Acknowledgement......Page 202 Index......Page 204