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The study of 137Cs and 90Sr sorption by natural and modified aluminosilicates in presence of humic acids

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The effect of humic acids (HA) on 137Cs and 90Sr uptake by natural and modified aluminosilicates was studied under the conditions of radioactively contaminated soils rehabilitation. Increase of HA concentration resulted in a decrease of distribution coefficients of cesium and strontium because of formation of humate complex compounds. Precipitation of HA onto the surface of the aluminosilicates occurred at HA concentration > 0.2 and 2 g/L resulting in suppression of radionuclides sorption. In case of glauconite, formation of non-absorbable colloids of strontium because of high peptization of glauconite. The NPF-CL and NPF-GL ferrocyanide sorbents provided distribution coefficients of 137Cs and 90Sr of at least 5 × 102–103 and 5 × 102 mL/g even in 1.5–2 g/L HA solutions, and thus they can be used for rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated soils including those rich in organic matter.

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The work was partially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (through the basic part of the government mandate, Project No. FEUZ-2020-0060).

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    Anna V. Voronina, Marina O. Bajtimirova & Vladimir S. Semenishchev

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Voronina, A.V., Bajtimirova, M.O. & Semenishchev, V.S. The study of 137Cs and 90Sr sorption by natural and modified aluminosilicates in presence of humic acids. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 913–920 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08176-y

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