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Phosphorus Sorption to Aluminum-based Water Treatment Residuals Reacted with Dairy Wastewater: 2. X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy.

Phosphorus capture from wastewater can decrease water pollution and provide a P-rich fertilizer alternative for use in agricultural production. This study was conducted to elucidate P retention mechanisms in Al-based water treatment residuals (Al-WTR) to gain insight regarding P sorption and the potential for P release from Al-WTR after reaction with dairy wastewater. Synchrotron-based microfocused X-ray fluorescence (micro-XRF) spectrometry, bulk P -edge X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopy (XANES), and P -edge micro-XANES spectroscopy were used to determine P distribution and speciation within the Al-WTR materials. Bulk XANES analyses indicated a shift from ∼56 P atom % Ca-associated P in the initial Al-WTR to ∼32% P atom % Ca-associated P after reaction with wastewater; Al-associated P made up the remainder of the P species. According to XANES analyses, adsorption appeared to be the primary P retention mechanism in the Al-WTR materials. However, micro-XANES analyses depicted a more complicated picture of P retention mechanisms, with regions of primarily Al-associated P, regions of primarily Ca-associated P, regions of mixed Al- and Ca-associated P, and distinct apatite- or octocalcium phosphate-like P grains. Synchrotron micro-XRF mapping further suggested that exposure of the aggregate exteriors to wastewater caused P to diffuse into the porous Al-WTR aggregates. Organic P species were not explicitly identified via P -edge XANES despite high organic matter content, suggesting that organic P may have been predominantly associated with mineral surfaces. Although diffusion and sorption to Al may decrease P bioavailability, Ca-associated P may increase P bioavailability from Al-WTR that is reused as a soil amendment.

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