: This study focuses on the dissolution process and surface characterization of amosite fibres following interaction with a mimicked Gamble's solution at a pH of 4.5 and T = 37 °C, up to 720 h. To achieve this, a multi-analytical approach was adopted, and the results were compared to those previously obtained on a sample of asbestos tremolite and UICC crocidolite, which were investigated under the same experimental conditions. Combining surface chemical data obtained by XPS with cation release quantified by ICP-OES, an incongruent behaviour of the fibre dissolution was highlighted for amosite fibres, similarly to asbestos tremolite and UICC crocidolite. In particular, a preferential release of Mg and Ca from the amphibole structure was observed, in agreement with their Madelung site energies. Notably, no Fe release from amosite fibres was detected in our experimental conditions (pH of 4.5 and atmospheric pO2), despite the occurrence of Fe(II) at the M(4) site of the amphibole structure, where cations are expected to be rapidly leached out during mineral dissolution. Moreover, the oxidation of both the Fe centres initially present on the fibre surface and those promoted from the bulk, because of the erosion of the outmost layers, was observed. Since biodurability (i.e., the resistance to dissolution) is one of the most important toxicity parameters, the knowledge of the surface alteration of asbestos possibly occurring in vivo may help to understand the mechanisms at the basis of its long-term toxicity.

Dissolution reaction and surface modification of UICC amosite in mimicked Gamble's solution. A step towards filling the gap between asbestos toxicity and its crystal chemical features / Pacella, Alessandro; Ballirano, Paolo; Di Carlo, Maria Cristina; Fantauzzi, Marzia; Rossi, Antonella; Nardi, Elisa; Viti, Cecilia; Arrizza, Lorenzo; Campopiano, Antonella; Cannizzaro, Annapaola; Bloise, Andrea; Montereali, Maria Rita. - In: NANOMATERIALS. - ISSN 2079-4991. - 13:(2023). [10.3390/nano13222933]

Dissolution reaction and surface modification of UICC amosite in mimicked Gamble's solution. A step towards filling the gap between asbestos toxicity and its crystal chemical features

Pacella, Alessandro
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Ballirano, Paolo;Di Carlo, Maria Cristina;Fantauzzi, Marzia;Rossi, Antonella;Campopiano, Antonella;
2023

Abstract

: This study focuses on the dissolution process and surface characterization of amosite fibres following interaction with a mimicked Gamble's solution at a pH of 4.5 and T = 37 °C, up to 720 h. To achieve this, a multi-analytical approach was adopted, and the results were compared to those previously obtained on a sample of asbestos tremolite and UICC crocidolite, which were investigated under the same experimental conditions. Combining surface chemical data obtained by XPS with cation release quantified by ICP-OES, an incongruent behaviour of the fibre dissolution was highlighted for amosite fibres, similarly to asbestos tremolite and UICC crocidolite. In particular, a preferential release of Mg and Ca from the amphibole structure was observed, in agreement with their Madelung site energies. Notably, no Fe release from amosite fibres was detected in our experimental conditions (pH of 4.5 and atmospheric pO2), despite the occurrence of Fe(II) at the M(4) site of the amphibole structure, where cations are expected to be rapidly leached out during mineral dissolution. Moreover, the oxidation of both the Fe centres initially present on the fibre surface and those promoted from the bulk, because of the erosion of the outmost layers, was observed. Since biodurability (i.e., the resistance to dissolution) is one of the most important toxicity parameters, the knowledge of the surface alteration of asbestos possibly occurring in vivo may help to understand the mechanisms at the basis of its long-term toxicity.
2023
Gamble’s solution; UICC amosite; asbestos; fibre dissolution
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Dissolution reaction and surface modification of UICC amosite in mimicked Gamble's solution. A step towards filling the gap between asbestos toxicity and its crystal chemical features / Pacella, Alessandro; Ballirano, Paolo; Di Carlo, Maria Cristina; Fantauzzi, Marzia; Rossi, Antonella; Nardi, Elisa; Viti, Cecilia; Arrizza, Lorenzo; Campopiano, Antonella; Cannizzaro, Annapaola; Bloise, Andrea; Montereali, Maria Rita. - In: NANOMATERIALS. - ISSN 2079-4991. - 13:(2023). [10.3390/nano13222933]
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