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The diffusion of 75Se(IV) in Beishan granite – temperature, oxygen condition and ionic strength effects

  • Chunli Wang , Xiaoyu Yang , Jiangang He , Fangxin Wei , Zhong Zheng and Chunli Liu EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: August 31, 2018
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 107 Issue 1

Abstract

To explore the diffusion behavior of 75Se(IV) in Beishan granite (BsG), the influences of temperature, oxygen condition and ionic strength were investigated using the through-diffusion experimental method. The effective diffusion coefficient De of 75Se(IV) in BsG varied from 4.21×10−14 m2/s to 3.19×10−13 m2/s in our experimental conditions, increased with increasing temperature. The formation factor Ff of BsG was calculated to be nearly constant in the range of temperatures investigated, suggesting that the inner structure of BsG had no significant change in the temperature range of 20–55°C. Meanwhile, the De values of 75Se(IV) in BsG under anaerobic condition was significantly larger than that under aerobic condition, which may be attributed to the difference in the sorption characteristics and species distribution of Se and pH values. Moreover, the diffusion of 75Se(IV) was promoted with ionic strength increased from 0.01 M to 0.1 M, and then decreased at 0.5 M, mainly due to the combined effects of reduced double layers with increased ionic strength and increase of the solution viscosity at higher ionic strength.

Keywords: Diffusion; Se-75; Beishan granite (BsG); temperature; oxygen condition; ionic strength

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 11075006

Award Identifier / Grant number: U1730245

Funding statement: The project was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11075006, U1730245), Special Foundation for High-level Waste Disposal (2007-840), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Analysis foundation of Peking University (13-18) and the 111 projects.

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Received: 2018-04-13
Accepted: 2018-07-20
Published Online: 2018-08-31
Published in Print: 2018-12-19

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Keywords for this article
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