Asbestos fibers are an important cause of serious health problems and respiratory diseases. The presence, structural coordination, and oxidation state of iron at the fiber surface are potentially important for the biological effects of asbestos because iron can catalyze the Haber-Weiss reaction, generating the reactive oxygen species center dot OH. Literature results indicate that the surface concentration of Fe(III) may play an important role in fiber-related radical formation. Amphibole asbestos were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Mossbauer spectroscopy, with the aim of determining the surface vs. bulk Fe(III)/Fe(tot) ratios. A standard reference asbestos (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer crocidolite from South Africa) and three fibrous tremolite samples (from Italy and USA) were investigated. In addition to the Mossbauer spectroscopy study of bulk Fe(III)/Fe(tot) ratios, much work was dedicated to the interpretation of the XPS Fe2p signal and to the quantification of surface Fe(III)/Fe(tot) ratios. Results confirmed the importance of surface properties because this showed that fiber surfaces are always more oxidized than the bulk and that Fe(III) is present as oxide and oxyhydroxide species. Notably, the highest difference of surface/bulk Fe oxidation was found for San Mango tremolite-the sample that in preliminary cytotoxicity tests (MTT assay) had revealed a cell mortality delayed with respect to the other samples.

Combined use of X-ray photoelectron and Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques in the analytical characterization of iron oxidation state in amphibole asbestos / Marzia, Fantauzzi; Pacella, Alessandro; Davide, Atzei; Gianfagna, Antonio; Andreozzi, Giovanni Battista; Antonella, Rossi. - In: ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1618-2642. - STAMPA. - 396:8(2010), pp. 2889-2898. [10.1007/s00216-010-3576-0]

Combined use of X-ray photoelectron and Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques in the analytical characterization of iron oxidation state in amphibole asbestos

PACELLA, Alessandro;GIANFAGNA, Antonio;ANDREOZZI, Giovanni Battista;
2010

Abstract

Asbestos fibers are an important cause of serious health problems and respiratory diseases. The presence, structural coordination, and oxidation state of iron at the fiber surface are potentially important for the biological effects of asbestos because iron can catalyze the Haber-Weiss reaction, generating the reactive oxygen species center dot OH. Literature results indicate that the surface concentration of Fe(III) may play an important role in fiber-related radical formation. Amphibole asbestos were analyzed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Mossbauer spectroscopy, with the aim of determining the surface vs. bulk Fe(III)/Fe(tot) ratios. A standard reference asbestos (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer crocidolite from South Africa) and three fibrous tremolite samples (from Italy and USA) were investigated. In addition to the Mossbauer spectroscopy study of bulk Fe(III)/Fe(tot) ratios, much work was dedicated to the interpretation of the XPS Fe2p signal and to the quantification of surface Fe(III)/Fe(tot) ratios. Results confirmed the importance of surface properties because this showed that fiber surfaces are always more oxidized than the bulk and that Fe(III) is present as oxide and oxyhydroxide species. Notably, the highest difference of surface/bulk Fe oxidation was found for San Mango tremolite-the sample that in preliminary cytotoxicity tests (MTT assay) had revealed a cell mortality delayed with respect to the other samples.
2010
xps; asbestos amphiboles; in-vitro; structural-characterization; fibrous tremolite; biancavilla; toxicity; mössbauer spectroscopy; chemistry; multiplet structure; asbestiform; vacancy levels; oxidized iron; x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; mossbauer spectroscopy; crocidolite; tremolite
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Combined use of X-ray photoelectron and Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques in the analytical characterization of iron oxidation state in amphibole asbestos / Marzia, Fantauzzi; Pacella, Alessandro; Davide, Atzei; Gianfagna, Antonio; Andreozzi, Giovanni Battista; Antonella, Rossi. - In: ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 1618-2642. - STAMPA. - 396:8(2010), pp. 2889-2898. [10.1007/s00216-010-3576-0]
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