Abstract:
In order to remove
90Sr from the liquid radioactive waste, a novel of inorganic adsorbent MnO
2 was prepared through the reaction of potassium permanganate with manganese chloride in the pH=10-12 aqueous solution, under the 60℃ water bath condition. The material sample was characterized and analyzed by X-ray diffraction method. The adsorbent was studied through the static experimental test in details, and compared with several common natural strontium sorption materials. The results indicate that the adsorption effect of the adsorbent for
90Sr is obviously better than those of other sorption materials. The adsorption rate of the adsorbent for
90Sr is very fast, and the adsorption can reach equilibrium in about 20 min. The adsorbent has high theoretical saturated adsorption capacity (
Q=0.52 mmol/g) and distribution coefficient (
Kd). The typical
Kd value is about 10
4 mL/g. The influence of HNO
3, Na
+, K
+, Co
2+ and Ca
2+ concentration on the adsorption for
90Sr were studied in this paper. The results show that the
Kd value decreases rapidly with increasing the concentration of HNO
3, when the concentration of nitric acid is 0.01 mol/L, and the
Kd value is about 6×10
3 mL/g. When the concentration of nitric acid is 0.1 mol/L, the
Kd value is only 6 mL/g yet, that reduces 3 orders of magnitude. The content of monovalnet cations Na
+, K
+ have little effect on the
Kd value. While the two divalent cations Co
2+, Ca
2+ have great influence on the
Kd value, it rapidly decreases with the increase of ion concentration. At last, the adsorbent was used to remove the
90Sr in the simulated and real radioactive waste liquid by dynamic experiments respectively. The results prove that the adsorbent has excellent adsorption performance for strontium, and it has good application prospect on the removal of
90Sr from radioactive waste liquid.