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Migration and sorption of strontium in clay-sand mixtures

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The migration and sorption of Sr in clay-sand mixture were investigated by batch experiment, column experiments and numerical simulation. The results showed that as the clay content in clay-sand mixture increased, the effective porosity, absorption capacity and retardation factor of the mixture for Sr increased, but the dispersion coefficient and migration velocity decreased. The migration of Sr was influenced strongly when clay content was in range of 0–25 %, but influenced weakly when clay content was more than 25 %. The experimental data was consistent with the calculated results by CXTFIT program.

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The research was supported by the Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (IRT-13026). The authors would also like to thank the financial support provided by the Open Research Fund Program of Key Laboratory of Advanced Reactor Engineering and Safety, Ministry of Education of China.

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  1. Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Technology, INET, Tsinghua University, Neng Ke Lou, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Jing Yu & Jianlong Wang

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Radioactive Waste Treatment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Jianlong Wang

  3. Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xian, 710024, People’s Republic of China

    Jing Yu & Yizhou Jiang

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Yu, J., Wang, J. & Jiang, Y. Migration and sorption of strontium in clay-sand mixtures. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 308, 439–445 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4477-7

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