Determination of the Parameters of Selective 137Cs Sorption onto Natural and Ferrocyanide-Modified Glauconite and Clinoptilolite

Abstract

The effect exerted by surface modification of natural aluminosilicates, glauconite and clinoptilolite, with ferrocyanides on the parameters of selective ¹³⁷Cs sorption was studied. The modification leads to an increase in the specific sorption and in the radiocesium interception potential in the presence of potassium, RIP(K). RIP(K) of the modified sorbents NPF-Gl and NPF-Cl was 6.1 × 10⁵ and 5.0 × 10⁶ mmol kg^–1, and the specific sorption capacity, 138 ± 14 and 136 ± 12 mg g^–1, respectively. The regular trends in variation of the ¹³⁷Cs distribution coefficients in sorption onto the natural and modified sorbents at K⁺ and Са²⁺ concentrations ranging from 10^–4 to 2.0 M were found. The modified sorbents exhibit high specificity to ¹³⁷Cs in a wide range of Ca and K concentrations in the solutions.