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Factors influencing the sorption and migration behavior of uranium in shale

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The sorption of U(VI) on shale has been experimentally investigated as a function of pH, initial uranium concentration, rock particle size and water–rock ratio. The results showed the sorption equilibrium time was about 10 days, and the adsorption capacity presented a negative relationship with rock particle size and positive correlation with the liquid–solid ratio, also influenced by pH. The sorption process was fitted well with Freundlich isotherm. Experimental column was fully penetrated by tritium at about 230 min with a velocity of 0.13 cm/min while uranium was not penetrated the rock column in 180 days.

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This work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41402211 and 41672228) and Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (2014ZX07201-010).

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    Rui Zuo, Lina Wang, Rongtao Shi, Jie Yang, Jinsheng Wang & Yanguo Teng

  2. Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China

    Rui Zuo, Lina Wang, Rongtao Shi, Jie Yang, Jinsheng Wang & Yanguo Teng

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Zuo, R., Wang, L., Shi, R. et al. Factors influencing the sorption and migration behavior of uranium in shale. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 314, 887–896 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5448-y

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