Thomas Skiggs
1 Papers
Thomas Skiggs is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Geology & Adsorption. The author has co-authored 1 publications.
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Evolution of the Piauí Laterite, Brazil: Mineralogical, Geochemical and Geomicrobiological Mechanisms for Cobalt and Nickel Enrichment
Agnieszka Dybowska,Paul F. Schofield,Laura Newsome,Richard Herrington,J. F. W. Mosselmans,Burkhard Kaulich,Majid Kazemian,Tohru Araki,Thomas Skiggs,Jens Kruger,Anne Oxley,Rachel Norman,Jonathan R. Lloyd +12 more
TL;DR: The Piauí laterite (NE Brazil) was initially evaluated for Ni but also contains economic concentrations of Co as discussed by the authors , and the results of the X-ray absorption spectroscopy analysis indicated that the Co is present primarily as octahedrally bound Co3+ substituted directly into the MnO6 layers of the asbolane-lithiophorite intermediates.