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The uranium sorption from aqueous solutions (concentration range 50–20.000 mg/l) by the sodium-form (Na-form) of HEU-type zeolite crystals (particle-size <20 μm) has been investigated by means of a batch-type method. The INAA, RI-XRF, powder-XRF, SEM-EDS and FT-IR techniques were used for the study of the experimental products. The absolute uranium uptake by the material reached the value of 11.68 mg/g in the case of initial concentraton 20,000 mg/l. On the other hand theK d -values indicated that the relative uranium uptake, and consequently the percentage of removal, is higher for concentrations below 100 mg/l. The uranium uptake by the zeolite is attributed to different sorption processes such as ion-exchange, adsorption and surface precipitation, taking place both to the interior and the surface of the crystals and strongly depending on the pH of the solutions. The investigated zeolitic material was sufficiently resistant at the low initial pH of the solutions with dealumination phaenomena only observed in the case of the most acidic solution used.
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Godelitsas, A., Misaelides, P., Filippidis, A. et al. Uranium sorption from aqueous solutions on sodium-form of HEU-type zeolite crystals. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 208, 393–402 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02040057
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