Coefficients of 137Cs and 90Sr distribution by glauconite, clinoptilolite and mixed nickel-potassium ferrocyanides based on them were determined in the presence of humic acids in the solution. Reduction of distribution coefficients of cesium and strontium with increase in concentration of humic acids is connected with generation of humate complexes of cesium and strontium, as affinity of sorbents with these complexes is less strong than with hydrated cations, and for strontium there is a possibility of formation of non-sorbing polymeric humate complexes. The research demonstrated inexpediency of glauconite and clinoptilolite use for rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated soils charged with organic substances. It was established that suppression of cesium sorption by glauconite and clinoptilolite at a humic acid concentration in the soil solution of more than 0.2 and 2 g/L was caused by deposition of humic acids on the surface of aluminosilicates due to interaction of positively charged surface of aluminosilicates and anionic residues of humic acids. At humic acid concentrations in the solution of more than 1 g/L, generation of aluminosilicate-humate colloids of strontium is possible due to low peptization stability of glauconite. Sorbents NKF-Gl and NKF-Kl can be used for rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated soils, including the ones rich in organic matter. In the solutions with a concentration of humic acids of more than 1.5-2 g/L, distribution coefficients of 137Cs and 90Sr for them amount to at least 5·102-103 and 5·102 ml/g.
Translated title of the contributionEFFECT OF HUMIC ACIDS ON CESIUM AND STRONTIUM SORPTION BY NATURAL AND MODIFIED ALUMINOSILICATES UNDER CONDITIONS OF RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED SOIL REHABILITATION
Original languageRussian
Pages (from-to)43-50
Number of pages8
JournalВопросы радиационной безопасности
Issue number3 (99)
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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