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Caesium desorption from layer silicate minerals using quaternary ammonium salts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2018

T. Miura ,
A. Sasaki ,
N. Suzuki  and
M. Endo
T. Miura*
Affiliation:
Yamagata University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
A. Sasaki
Affiliation:
Yamagata University, Faculty of Engineering, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
N. Suzuki
Affiliation:
Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashi-tamagawa Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo, Japan
M. Endo
Affiliation:
Yamagata University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, 4-3-16 Jonan, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
*
*E-mail: t.miura1230@gmail.com
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Abstract

The adsorption and desorption of cesium onto layered minerals, zeolite and geochemical reference samples were studied. 0.5 g of bentonite and mica were able to adsorb 71.2 and 51.5 mg of cesium, respectively, from 50 mL of deionized water containing 200 mg/L of cesium under neutral pH condition. These amounts of cesium adsorption were greater than those reported for vermiculites (8.9 and 5.6 mg, respectively). Additionally, the cesium adsorption on mica and vermiculite remained essentially unchanged under seawater conditions, but it decreased drastically on zeolite. The cesium desorption from the layered minerals was promoted by the addition of ammonium ions, namely trioctylmethylammonium chloride and zephiramine. These ammonium ions desorb cesium from the interlayers of the minerals without destroying the mineral structure. The cesium desorption procedure using quaternary ammonium ions would be extremely useful for decontamination of soil containing the layered minerals with adsorbed radioactive cesium.

Keywords

layer silicate mineralsadsorption/desorption of Csinterlayer swellingquaternary ammonium saltsseawaterheat treatment
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Clay Minerals , Volume 53 , Issue 3 , September 2018 , pp. 487 - 496
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2018 

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Footnotes

Guest Associate Editor: M. Elsayed

This paper was originally presented during the session: ‘ES-02 Environmental applications of clay minerals’ of the International Clay Conference 2017.

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