Gerald Gibbs

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Projects

Reductive Transformation of Iron Oxides: Coupled Solution and Solid-State Pathways

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Rosso

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Reductive transformation of Fe(III)-oxides such as &#61537; Fe2O3 (hematite) by aqueous dissolution / re precipitation is a central part of the natural biogeochemical iron cycle in the…

Analyses of electron density distributions in earth materials with implications for reactivity.

Lead Institution

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Principal Investigator

Gerald Gibbs

Project type

Exploratory Research

Density functional theory molecular orbital calculations will be used to compute the electron density distributions and their critical point properties of a variety of important silicate minerals and…