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Caesium incorporation and retention in illite interlayers.

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Title:	Caesium incorporation and retention in illite interlayers.
Authors:	Fuller, Adam J.¹, Shaw, Samuel², Ward, Michael B.³, Haigh, Sarah J.^4,5, Mosselmans, J. Frederick W.⁶, Peacock, Caroline L.¹, Stackhouse, Stephen¹, Dent, Andrew J.⁶, Trivedi, Divyesh⁷, Burke, Ian T.¹ i.t.burke@leeds.ac.uk
Source:	Applied Clay Science. May2015, Vol. 108, p128-134. 7p.
Subjects:	Cesium, Illite, Sorption, Clay minerals, Transmission electron microscopy, Radioactive substances
Abstract:	Radioactive caesium (chiefly 137 Cs) is a major environmental pollutant. The mobility of Cs in temperate soils is primarily controlled by sorption onto clay minerals, particularly the frayed edges of illite interlayers. This paper investigates the adsorption of Cs to illite at the molecular scale, over both the short and long term. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed that after initial absorption into the frayed edges, Cs migrated into the illite interlayer becoming incorporated within the mineral structure. Caesium initially exchanged with hydrated Ca at the frayed edges, causing them to collapse. This process was irreversible as Cs held in the collapsed interlayers was not exchangeable with Ca. Over the long term Cs did not remain at the edge of the illite crystals, but diffused into the interlayers by exchange with K. Results from extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) and density functional theory modelling confirmed that Cs was incorporated into the illite interlayer and revealed its bonding environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Radioactive caesium (chiefly 137 Cs) is a major environmental pollutant. The mobility of Cs in temperate soils is primarily controlled by sorption onto clay minerals, particularly the frayed edges of illite interlayers. This paper investigates the adsorption of Cs to illite at the molecular scale, over both the short and long term. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed that after initial absorption into the frayed edges, Cs migrated into the illite interlayer becoming incorporated within the mineral structure. Caesium initially exchanged with hydrated Ca at the frayed edges, causing them to collapse. This process was irreversible as Cs held in the collapsed interlayers was not exchangeable with Ca. Over the long term Cs did not remain at the edge of the illite crystals, but diffused into the interlayers by exchange with K. Results from extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) and density functional theory modelling confirmed that Cs was incorporated into the illite interlayer and revealed its bonding environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	01691317
DOI:	10.1016/j.clay.2015.02.008