Fig. 6. (A) Plots of aqueous Fe(II) concentrations for equilibrium with ferric hydroxide versus p
. Lines are for pH 7.5 (characteristic of the experiment), and range bars indicate shifts in Fe(II) concentrations for pH 7 and 8. (B) Effective first-order rate constants for Cr(VI) reduction by Fe2+ as functions of the negative logarithm of the electron activity (p
), for equilibrium with ferric hydroxide. Lines are for pH 7.5, and range bars indicate shifts in rate constants for pH 7 and 8. Also shown are ranges of measured k and estimated p
from the nonsterile soils.