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Fixation capability of recycling materials as potential additives for cesium immobilization in contaminated forest soil

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The fixation capability of cesium on five recycling materials was compared through two sets of sorption experiments using the materials mixed with and without soil. The estimated Freundlich constant K and the distribution of sorbed cesium on the materials revealed a general order of the fixation capability as carbonized sludge > coconut shell biochar > incinerated sewage sludge ash > rice husk biochar > slag. Parametric strong positive correlations were found existent between the fixation capability of cesium and the property-related indexes of the materials such as cation exchange capacity, organic matter content and the potassium concentration.

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This work was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18K1169405.

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  1. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan

    Huijuan Shao & Yongfen Wei

  2. River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan

    Huijuan Shao, Yongfen Wei & Fusheng Li

  3. School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Panyu District, Guangzhou, 510006, People’s Republic of China

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Shao, H., Wei, Y. & Li, F. Fixation capability of recycling materials as potential additives for cesium immobilization in contaminated forest soil. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 319, 315–326 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-6353-8

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