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Batch cation-exchange experiments were performed on chlorite, using synthetic ground water containing cesium in the concentration range 10−9–10−3 M. The sorption behavior was complex; with increasing Cs concentration, the distribution ratio of Cs decreased at first, but passed through a pronounced maximum at high Cs loadings. The desorption data differed from the sorption data only by a shift towards larger distribution ratios in the region of the maximum. The distribution ratios for isotope exchange were even larger, but varied less with Cs loadings. Similar results were obtained for KCl-treated chlorite; however, grinding or acid-treatment of the chlorite considerably altered its behavior, the absence of the maximum being the most striking change. Most of the effects at higher Cs loadings can be explained by postulating structural changes induced by the sorption of Cs.
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Grütter, A., von Gunten, H.R. & Rössler, E. Sorption, Desorption, and Isotope Exchange of Cesium (10−9-10−3 M) On Chlorite. Clays Clay Miner. 34, 677–680 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1346/CCMN.1986.0340609
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