Inorganic Sorbents for Wastewater Treatment from Radioactive Contaminants

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The article presents the distribution coefficient (Kd) values of 137Cs and 90Sr tracer radionuclides in solutions of sodium and calcium salts for a wide range of commercially available inorganic sorbents: natural and synthetic aluminosilicates, manganese, titanium and zirconium oxyhydrates, titanium and zirconium phosphates, titanosilicates of alkali metals, and ferrocyanides of transition metals. The results were obtained using a standard technique developed by the authors for evaluating the efficiency of various sorption materials towards cesium and strontium radionuclides. It was shown that bentonite clays and natural and synthetic zeolites are the best for decontaminating low-salt natural water from cesium radionuclides, and ferrocyanide sorbents are the choice for decontaminating high-salt-bearing solutions. The manganese (III, IV) oxyhydrate-based MDM sorbent is the most effective for removing strontium from natural water; for seawater, the barium silicate-based SRM-Sr sorbent is the first-in-class. Results of the study provide a possibility of making a reasonable choice of sorbents for the most effective treatment of natural water and technogenic aqueous waste contaminated with cesium and strontium radionuclides.

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Nekrasova, N. A., Milyutin, V. V., Kaptakov, V. O., & Kozlitin, E. A. (2023). Inorganic Sorbents for Wastewater Treatment from Radioactive Contaminants. Inorganics, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11030126

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