It is difficult to directly investigate the chemical state of Pt in marine ferromanganese crusts (a mixture of hydrous iron(III) oxide and manganese dioxide (δ-MnO 2 )) because it is present at extremely low concentration levels. This paper attempts to elucidate the mechanism by which Pt is concentrated into marine ferromanganese crust from the Earth's continental crust through ocean water. In this investigation, the sorption behavior of the Pt(II) complex ions on the surface of the δ-MnO 2 that is a host of Pt was examined as a model reaction. The δ-MnO 2 sorbing Pt was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) to determine the chemical state of the Pt. Hydrolytic Pt(II) complex ions were specifically sorbed above pH 6 by the formation of a Mn-O-Pt bond. XPS spectra and XANES spectra for δ-MnO 2 sorbing Pt showed that the sorbed Pt(II) was oxidized to Pt(IV) on δ-MnO 2 . The extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis showed that the coordination structure of Pt sorbed on δ-MnO 2 is almost the same as that of the [Pt(OH) 6 ] 2− complex ion used as a standard. Therefore, the mechanism for the concentration of Pt in marine ferromanganese crust may be an oxidative substitution (penetration of Pt(IV) into structure of δ-MnO 2 ) by a reduction-oxidation reaction between Pt(II) in [PtCl 4-n (OH) n ] 2− and Mn(IV) in δ-MnO 2 through a Mn-O-Pt bond.
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