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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 428, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128211
Keywords
Gamma irradiation; Humic acid; Sorption coefficient; Sedimentary rock; Metal complexation
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [20H02665]
- China Scholarship Council [201806080015]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20H02665] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This study investigated the influence of humic acid (HA) and its radiological degradation on the sorption of Cs+ and Eu3+ by sedimentary rock. It was found that HA had a larger impact on the sorption of Eu3+ compared to Cs+.
The influence of humic acid (HA) and its radiological degradation on the sorption of Cs+ and Eu3+ by sedimentary rock (obtained from the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory in Japan) was investigated to understand the sorption process of metal ions and humic substances. Aldrich HA solution was gamma-irradiated assuming a strong radiation from a highly radioactive waste to be disposed of in deep geological formations. Batch sorption experiments were performed to evaluate the effect of gamma-irradiated HA on the sorption of Cs+ and Eu3+ ions. The addition of non-irradiated HA weakened the Eu sorption because of the lower sorption of the negatively charged Eu-HA complexes compared with free Eu ions. The sorption of Cs ions was barely affected by the presence of HA and its gamma irradiation. The concentration ratio of metal complexed and non-complexed species in the solid and liquid phases was evaluated by sequential filtration and chemical equilibrium calculations. The ratios were low in both phases for Cs and supported the minimal contribution of HA to Cs sorption. However, the concentration ratio for Eu3+ in the liquid phase was high, indicating that the complexing ability of HA to Eu3+ was higher than that of HA to Cs+.
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