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Diffusion and Migration of Ions in Sedimentary Rock Matrix: Effects of Ionic Strength and Tracer Concentration on Diffusion of Cs+ ions in Sandstone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Haruo Sato
Haruo Sato*
Affiliation:
Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC), 4–33 Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319–1194, JAPAN
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Abstract

In-diffusion experiments for Cs+ and I− in sandstone were performed as a function of ionic strength ([NaCl]=0.01, 0.51M) and tracer concentration ([CsI]=7.5E-5, 1.5E-2M) together with the measurements of the physical and chemical properties of sandstone, and apparent diffusivities (Da) for Cs+ were obtained. The obtained Da-values for Cs+ scarcely depended on [NaCl], but increased with increasing [Cs+]. This trend is consistent with that of rock capacity factors (α), indicating that distribution coefficient (Kd) onto sandstone and effective diffusivity scarcely depend on [NaCl]. The concentration profiles of I− were all in already breakthrough. Although this indicates that I− diffusion is faster than that of Cs+, the concentration profiles of I− may have been lower than those for blank samples, judging synthetically from the correlations between α-values and the concentration profiles of Cs+ and from the concentration profiles of I− in the blank samples. Finally, the effects of [Cs+] and[NaCl] on Kd/-values for Cs+ were discussed from the viewpoint of adsorption by ion exchange and electrostatic attraction. The kd-values were considered to be combined sorption by both reactions.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 807: Symposium Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVII , 2003 , 597
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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