Determination of distribution coefficient for sorption of artificial radionuclides in water environment
2014
Abstract
Sorption plays an important role in transport of radioactive contaminants in hydrosphere. It is usually described with distribution coefficient; a ratio of radioactivity fixed on solid phase and dissolved in water in equilibrium.
This study is concerned with optimization and verification of a method for determination of the distribution coefficient for artificial radionuclides in systems of sediment-water and suspended solid-water, using batch tests. This method will facilitate gaining representative and comparable results, which can be used for assessment of radionuclides behaviour in water environment.