Published 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

UO22+ sorption on bentonite

  • 1. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Mexico City (Mexico)
  • 2. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City (Mexico). Inst. de Fisica
  • 3. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City (Mexico)

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The capacity of bentonite and purified bentonite to remove UO22+ ions from aqueous solutions has been investigated. The UO22+ uptake in these clays was determined for 0.2 and 0.002M uranyl nitrate solutions. It was found that under these conditions (0.2M) the maximum UO22+ uptake was 1.010±0.070 meq UO22+/g of bentonite and 0.787±0.020 meq UO22+/g of purified bentonite. In purified bentonite UO22+ sorption is irreversible up to 50 hours as no desorption was observed. Such is not the case in the natural bentonite. X-ray diffraction, thermal analyses, and transmission electron microscopy were used to characterize the solids. The uranium content was determined by neutron activation analysis. (author)

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Journal Title
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Journal Volume
218
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 65-69.
ISSN
0236-5731
CODEN
JRNCDM

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