{"title":"Adsorption of gold chloride solution on quartz surface","authors":"Xiaoliang Zhang, Haiyang Sun, Yong Sun, Junhao Yin, Pengcheng Li, Shujuan Dai, Zhao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.jiec.2025.03.022","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The adsorption of gold chloride on the quartz surface is studied by combining experimental study with quantum mechanical calculations. Adsorption experiments, conducted under varying conditions (stirring time, pulp concentration, initial gold concentration, stirring speed, and pH) and infrared spectroscopy analysis confirmed that adsorption occurred between quartz and gold chloride solution. Quantum mechanical simulations using the CASTEP module in Materials Studio calculated adsorption energies of water molecules, hydroxide ions, and gold chloride complexes (AuCl<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup>, AuCl<sub>3</sub>(OH)<sup>-</sup>, AuCl<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub><sup>-</sup>, AuCl(OH)<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup>, Au(OH)<sub>4</sub><sup>-</sup> ions) on the quartz (101) surface, yielding values of −13.87, −242.48, −70.77, −98.60, −123.93, −71.05, and −126.03 kJ/mol respectively. Mulliken population analysis identified specific adsorption sites, revealing interactions between gold chloride complexes and quartz surface atoms. The simulation calculation results are consistent with the experiments, indicating that some gold chloride is adsorbed together with quartz.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":363,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","volume":"147 ","pages":"Pages 768-775"},"PeriodicalIF":5.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226086X25001820","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The adsorption of gold chloride on the quartz surface is studied by combining experimental study with quantum mechanical calculations. Adsorption experiments, conducted under varying conditions (stirring time, pulp concentration, initial gold concentration, stirring speed, and pH) and infrared spectroscopy analysis confirmed that adsorption occurred between quartz and gold chloride solution. Quantum mechanical simulations using the CASTEP module in Materials Studio calculated adsorption energies of water molecules, hydroxide ions, and gold chloride complexes (AuCl4-, AuCl3(OH)-, AuCl2(OH)2-, AuCl(OH)3-, Au(OH)4- ions) on the quartz (101) surface, yielding values of −13.87, −242.48, −70.77, −98.60, −123.93, −71.05, and −126.03 kJ/mol respectively. Mulliken population analysis identified specific adsorption sites, revealing interactions between gold chloride complexes and quartz surface atoms. The simulation calculation results are consistent with the experiments, indicating that some gold chloride is adsorbed together with quartz.
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