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Removal of60Co and134Cs from radioactive process waste water by flotation

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The removal of134Cs and60Co from radioactive process waste water using cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC) as a collector and cobalt(II) hexacyanoferrate(II) as a precipitant for60Co and sorbent (ion exchanger) for134Cs was intensively investigated and the best removal conditions could be established. The results indicate that under the optimum conditions removals higher than 96% and 97% could be achieved for Co(II) and Cs(I), respectively. Cobalt(II) hexacyanoferrate(II) was found to have high affinity for cesium and can preferentially remove it in presence of relatively high amounts of other alkali or alkaline earth cations. A two-stage flotation process was successfully tested for the removal of both Cs(I) and Co(II) from waters containing both cations.

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Aziz, M., Beheir, S.G. Removal of60Co and134Cs from radioactive process waste water by flotation. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Articles 191, 53–66 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02035984

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