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Separation of long-lived 152Eu radioisotopes from a binary mixture of 152Eu and 134Cs by calcium alginate: a green technique

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Calcium alginate (CA) hydrogel beads were prepared and used for the separation of 152Eu from trace and macro amounts of cesium. Best separation was achieved from 10−2 M HNO3, upon shaking 30 CA beads with the solution containing 152Eu and Cs for 20 min and then allowing a settle for further 10 min. Back extraction of europium without any contamination of Cs was successfully obtained after treating the 152Eu adsorbed CA beads with 0.1 M HNO3 and 1 M HNO3 solutions.

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One of the authors (Kangkana Sarkar) gratefully acknowledges the University Grants Commission (UGC) for providing necessary fellowship. This work is a part of SINP-DAE 12 Five years plan project Trace and Ultratrace Analysis and Isotope Production (TULIP).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, APC Road, Kolkata, 700009, India

    Kangkana Sarkar & Kamalika Sen

  2. Chemical Sciences Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India

    Susanta Lahiri

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Sarkar, K., Sen, K. & Lahiri, S. Separation of long-lived 152Eu radioisotopes from a binary mixture of 152Eu and 134Cs by calcium alginate: a green technique. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 311, 2001–2006 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5176-3

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