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Simulation of strontium sorption onto rocks at high concentrations of sodium nitrate in the solution

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Geochemical simulation of strontium sorption was considered within the framework of studying the radionuclide geomigration. A chemical model describing the interaction in the solution–surrounding rock system under the experimental conditions was constructed on the basis of the experimental data. The influence of the geochemical simulation detailedness on the calculation results was evaluated in numerical experiments performed using the GeRa code developed by the authors. Three sorption models were used: traditional model of linear sorption with the tabulated value of K d; new model with variable K d, measured experimentally and functionally depending on the NaNO3 concentration; model with direct calculation of chemical interactions, in which the sorption is considered within the framework of the ion-exchange model.

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  1. Nuclear Safety Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bol’shaya Tul’skaya ul. 52, Moscow, 115191, Russia

    K. A. Boldyrev & I. V. Kapyrin

  2. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, korp. 4, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    L. I. Konstantinova & E. V. Zakharova

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Original Russian Text © K.A. Boldyrev, I.V. Kapyrin, L.I. Konstantinova, E.V. Zakharova, 2016, published in Radiokhimiya, 2016, Vol. 58, No. 3, pp. 211–217.

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Boldyrev, K.A., Kapyrin, I.V., Konstantinova, L.I. et al. Simulation of strontium sorption onto rocks at high concentrations of sodium nitrate in the solution. Radiochemistry 58, 243–251 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362216030048

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