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Adsorption Mechanism Study of Radionuclide 60Co by Purified and α-Fe2O3-Supported Bentonite from Radioactive Solution

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The present work aimed to study the performance of bentonite purified (BMP-Na) and supported (α-Fe2O3/BMB) in the adsorption of 60Co from radioactive solution. The adsorbents were characterized by XRD, Mossbauer, SEM, EDS and γ-Spectrometry. Kinetics and equilibrium models were evaluated for the adsorption process including Boyd's film-diffusion models. The experimental results showed that the adsorption reaction was adjustable to the pseudo-second order and controlled by the intra-particle diffusion mechanism. The experimental modeling data and the equilibrium study of the adsorption followed the Langmuir model. The values of the thermodynamic parameters have shown that the adsorption process was endothermic, spontaneous and favored at high temperatures.

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Our gratitude to the Nuclear Research Center of Draria (CRND) for their precious scientific cooperation and the General Direction of Scientific Research and Technological Development (DGRSDT/ATRST of MESRS Algeria.

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    Souad Achour, Samira Amokrane & Djamel Nibou

  2. Nuclear Research Center of Draria, Atomic Energy Commission, BP 43, 16050, Draria, Algiers, Algeria

    Souad Achour, Salah Chegrouche & Bouzid Guedioura

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Achour, S., Amokrane, S., Chegrouche, S. et al. Adsorption Mechanism Study of Radionuclide 60Co by Purified and α-Fe2O3-Supported Bentonite from Radioactive Solution. Arab J Sci Eng 47, 5629–5645 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05570-2

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