Retention profile and kinetics characteristics of the radionuclide 90-Sr(II) onto kaolinite

作者:Chen, Xin; Peng, Shuchuan; Wang, Jin*
来源:Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2015, 303(1): 509-519.
DOI:10.1007/s10967-014-3458-6

摘要

The sorption of radionuclide 90-Sr(II) from aqueous solution onto kaolinite was studied by batch experiments under various experimental conditions. Kaolinite was characterized by XRD and FT-IR. The kinetic sorption process was well described by pseudo-second-order model. The sorption isotherms indicate that the sorption of 90-Sr(II) on kaolinite was better fitted by Langmuir than Freundlich and D-R models. The thermodynamic parameters (i.e., Delta H (0), Delta S (0) and Delta G (0)) suggest that the sorption was a spontaneous and endothermic process. The sorption of 90-Sr(II) on kaolinite was mainly dominated by ion exchange and outer-sphere surface complexation.