Investigation of bentonite clay minerals as a natural adsorbents for Cs-137 real radioactive wastewater treatment
In this work, the removal of the radioactive element Cs-137 from actual radioactive wastewater was studied by batch adsorption studies. To lower the dangers of radioactive contamination, bentonite, a naturally occurring clay mineral, was used as an adsorbent. The bentonite clay mineral was character...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-01-01
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| Series: | Desalination and Water Treatment |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1944398624001425 |
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| Summary: | In this work, the removal of the radioactive element Cs-137 from actual radioactive wastewater was studied by batch adsorption studies. To lower the dangers of radioactive contamination, bentonite, a naturally occurring clay mineral, was used as an adsorbent. The bentonite clay mineral was characterized using chemical composition analyses, (XRD), (SEM), (EDX), (BET) surface area analysis, and (FT-IR). Experiments of batch adsorption were conducted to determine the optimal adsorbent. After two hours, equilibrium was attained with a bentonite Cs-137 removal effectiveness of 98%. The kinetics of Cs-137 adsorption on the bentonite clay surfaces was investigated. A good match was obtained for the bentonite kinetic data using the pseudo 2nd order kinetic model. As a result, it was found that bentonite was the good medium for adsorption. The findings provide helpful details on the ways in which bentonite clays adsorb radioactive Cs-137 and remediate pollution. The chosen of bentonite clay adsorbents was displayed to be hopeful adsorbent for the adsorption of the radioactive Cs-137 isotope because of effective material, very cheap, and available. |
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| ISSN: | 1944-3986 |