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Adsorption of 133Cs and 87Sr on pumice tuff: A comparative study between powder and intact solid phase

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This study examines the use of intact samples as an alternative to powder in conventional batch sorption studies to determine the distribution coefficient (K d). Stable cesium (133Cs) and strontium (87Sr) were used under specified geochemical conditions to compare the K d values of powder and block pumice tuff samples. The aim of the study was to infer any K d difference under laboratory and field conditions. K d values for block samples were found to be less than one order of magnitude lower than powder materials for both Cs and Sr on fresh tuff, and more than one order of magnitude lower in oxidized tuff. Destruction of micropores in oxidized tuff was estimated to be mainly responsible for reducing K d values in oxidized tuff. However, approximately one order of magnitude difference in K d values indicates that homogenously prepared intact samples can be used for sorption coefficient measurement at closer to in situ conditions. Pore size distribution analysis using mercury intrusion porosimetry revealed that lower K d values on block samples result from lower surface area available as sorption sites due to inaccessible closed pores in the intact solid.

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Acknowledgements

Authors are thankful to Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) for providing samples. They are also grateful to Dr. Takayuki Sasaki and Dr. Taishi Kobayashi from Department of Nuclear Engineering, Kyoto University for solution analysis using ICP-MS, as well as for their critical comments and suggestions. Efforts of anonymous reviewers to upgrade the manuscript to a publishable one are gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, 255, Shimo Okubo, Sakura ku, Saitama shi, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan

    Mohammad Rajib

  2. Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Paramanu Bhaban, E-12/A, Sher-e-Banglanagar, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh

    Mohammad Rajib

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Saitama University, 255, Shimo Okubo, Sakura ku, Saitama shi, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan

    Chiaki T. Oguchi

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Rajib, M., Oguchi, C.T. Adsorption of 133Cs and 87Sr on pumice tuff: A comparative study between powder and intact solid phase. Acta Geochim 36, 224–231 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-016-0133-3

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