Cesium retention performances of two different natural zeolites (an Italian phillipsite-rich tuff and a Mexican erionite- rich tuff), pre-exchanged in Cs form and heat-treated, are compared. After thermal treatment at 1000 C both zeolites satisfactorily retain Cs during back-exchange tests with NaCl solution or by a prolonged contact with distilled water. The different mechanisms of Cs encapsulation are elucidated. The Cs-exchanged phillipsite, a less siliceous and less heat-stable zeolite, tends to form pollucite on heating. Pollucite is a naturally occurring mineral phase which contains and irreversibly traps cesium. The Cs-exchanged erionite tends to form an amorphous phase on heating and Cs is immobilized through glass formation.
Safe trapping of Cs in heat-treated zeolite matrices / P., Bosch; Caputo, Domenico; Liguori, Barbara; Colella, Carmine. - In: JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS. - ISSN 0022-3115. - STAMPA. - 324:2-3(2004), pp. 183-188. [10.1016/j.jnucmat.2003.10.001]
Safe trapping of Cs in heat-treated zeolite matrices
CAPUTO, DOMENICO;LIGUORI, BARBARA;COLELLA, CARMINE
2004
Abstract
Cesium retention performances of two different natural zeolites (an Italian phillipsite-rich tuff and a Mexican erionite- rich tuff), pre-exchanged in Cs form and heat-treated, are compared. After thermal treatment at 1000 C both zeolites satisfactorily retain Cs during back-exchange tests with NaCl solution or by a prolonged contact with distilled water. The different mechanisms of Cs encapsulation are elucidated. The Cs-exchanged phillipsite, a less siliceous and less heat-stable zeolite, tends to form pollucite on heating. Pollucite is a naturally occurring mineral phase which contains and irreversibly traps cesium. The Cs-exchanged erionite tends to form an amorphous phase on heating and Cs is immobilized through glass formation.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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