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Comparison of strontium retardation for kaolinite, illite, vermiculite and allophane

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Adsorption and retardation of Sr2+ by four clays were investigated, which were evaluated by using the distribution coefficient (K D ) and average penetration length ratio of Sr2+ to water (r). K D values for Sr2+ among the four clay minerals were in the order: kaolinite < illite < vermiculite ≪ allophane, and Sr2+ penetration length ratio (r) followed the inverse order. Adsorption was further analyzed by using Langmuir adsorption model for competitive Sr2+ and Na+ adsorption at constant NaCl concentration. Conditional affinity constants suggested that Sr2+ adsorption on the variable charge sites of clay edges contributed to the high conditional Sr2+ affinities.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express gratitude to the China Scholarship Council (CSC) for supporting Zigong Ning’s overseas study. This research was further supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 25252042) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. The authors also thank Dr. Shin-Ichiro Wada of Kyushu University for his valuable support in the preparation of synthesized allophane.

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    Zigong Ning, Munehide Ishiguro, Tsutomu Sato & Jun’ichi Kashiwagi

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    Zigong Ning

  3. Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Ning, Z., Ishiguro, M., Koopal, L.K. et al. Comparison of strontium retardation for kaolinite, illite, vermiculite and allophane. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 317, 409–419 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-018-5870-9

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