Sorption of Pu(VI) onto TiO2
Journal article, 2003

The sorption of Pu(VI) onto TiO2 was studied as a function of pH (2–10) and Pu concentration (10−8–10−4 M) under an N2 atmosphere, in 0.016 and 0.1 M NaClO4. A batch-wise method was used, in which pH was measured in separate experimental containers after removal of a sample to determine the amount of Pu that had been sorbed. As Pu is radioactive, it was used as a tracer and measured by liquid scintillation counting. No ionic strength dependence was discerned, which was taken as an indication of inner sphere complex formation. In the interval of pH 2–7 the system could be described by the formation of two positively charged surface complexes using a 1-pK Stern model. Sorption of the plutonyl ion (PuO22+) and the first hydrolysis species (PuO2(OH)+) was estimated using FITEQL to logK1=6.9 and logK2=1.4, respectively.

actinide

TiO2

FITEQL

sorption

surface complexation

plutonium

Author

Mattias Olsson

Chalmers, Department of Materials and Surface Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry

Anna-Maria Jakobsson

Chalmers, Department of Materials and Surface Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry

Yngve Albinsson

Chalmers, Department of Materials and Surface Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Vol. 266 2 269-275

Subject Categories

Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Chemical Sciences

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10/6/2017