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Diffusion behavior of Re(VII) in compacted illite-, hematite- and limonite-montmorillonite mixtures

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A through-diffusion method was used to investigate the Re(VII) (as a surrogate to 99Tc(VII)) diffusion in compacted illite-, hematite- and limonite-montmorillonite mixtures. The effective diffusion coefficient D e values were in the range of (4.29–6.71) × 10−11 m2/s at pH 3.0 and (3.44–5.72) × 10−11 m2/s at pH 9.0, respectively. Compared to montmorillonite, both D e and α values enhanced at least three-folds in montmorillonite mixtures, indicating that the impurities changed the diffusion path. Interestingly, the K d values of (0.63–3.94) × 10−4 kg/m3 were found in montmorillonite mixtures. However, the change of D a value was less than two-folds, indicating that the illitization and iron corrosion of a back-fill material had no obvious influence on Re(VII) diffusion velocity.

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This work was supported by Zhejiang Provincial National Science Foundation of China (Y15B070018) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21207035).

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  1. Department of Engineering, Huzhou University, Huzhou, 313000, People’s Republic of China

    Zhifen Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Qing Zheng & Tao Wu

  2. China Institute of Atomic Energy, P.O. Box 275(88), Beijing, 102413, People’s Republic of China

    Zhifen Wang, Jianying Zhang & Jinying Li

  3. Huzhou Environmental Protection Monitoring Center, Huzhou, 313000, People’s Republic of China

    Jiang Chen

  4. Resources New Energy Group Co., Ltd., Beijing, 100005, People’s Republic of China

    Jinying Li

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Wang, Z., Zhang, J., Chen, J. et al. Diffusion behavior of Re(VII) in compacted illite-, hematite- and limonite-montmorillonite mixtures. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 311, 655–661 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-5092-y

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