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The presence of arsenate compounds in soils and mineral dump leachates is common. One potential method for the removal of the arsenates from soils is through thermal treatment. High-resolution thermogravimetric analysis has been used to follow this thermal decomposition of selected vivianite arsenates. This decomposition occurs as a series of steps. The first two steps involve dehydration with 6 mol of water lost in the first step and two in the second. The third major weight loss step occurs in the 750–800 °C temperature range with de-arsenation. The application of infrared emission spectroscopy confirms the loss of water by around 250 °C and the loss of arsenic as arsenic pentoxide is observed by the loss of AsO stretching bands at around 826 cm − 1. Thermal activation of arsenic contaminated soils may provide a method of decontamination.
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