Competition of Organic and Mineral Phases in Radiocesium Partitioning in Organic Soils of Scotland and the Area near Chernobyl

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 663 - 669
• Main Authors: Rigol, Anna, Vidal, Miquel, Rauret, Gemma, Shand, Charles A, Cheshire, Martin V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 01.03.1998
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Biological and physicochemical properties of pollutants. Interaction in the soil; Exact sciences and technology; Minerals; organic soils; Pollution; Radioactive wastes; Soil and sediments pollution; soil organic matter; Soils; Great Britain; Eurasia; Eastern Europe; Europe; United Kingdom; Scotland; Belarus; Russia; United Kingdom > UK; Chernobyl Ukraine; Ukraine; Nuclear industry; Organic matter; Radioactive pollution; Pollutant behavior; Chernobylsk-4 reactor; Partition coefficient; Radioisotope; Soil pollution; Mineral matter; Cesium Isotopes; Sorption; Soil interaction; Phase partition

Radiocesium (RCs) partitioning has been studied in four organic soils, with an organic matter (OM) content from 46 to 99%. For each soil, two fractions were derived after removing fats/waxes and humic/fulvic acids (humin + mineral) and after further removal of the mineral matter by an HF/HCl treatme...