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Determination of caesium-137 in water samples using modified carbon microfibers

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In this paper, the possibility of caesium sorption on microfibres produced by the Slovak Academy of Sciences was investigated. Sorption capacity limit of sorbent was increased by chemical modification. The binding of Cs to the surface of potassium copper ferrocyanide modified carbon microfibers was demonstrated by SEM–EDX analysis. Statistical comparison of the models showed that the Freundlich isothermal model was more suitable for describing sorption processes. The influence of desorption, pH value, competing ions and water volume were also tested. According to the results, this method seems to be suitable for large-scale caesium separation from contaminated waters.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-17-015], the Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Republic [KEGA 015UK-4/2020]. This research was part of a dissertation theses at the department of Nuclear Chemistry of Comenius University of Bratislava in the Slovak Republic.

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  1. Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Veronika Silliková

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 949 01, Nitra, Slovakia

    Jana Jakubčinová

  3. Department of Ecochemistry and Radioecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of SS. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Nám. J. Herdu 2, 917 01, Trnava, Slovakia

    Miroslav Horník

  4. Slovak Medical University, Limbová 12, 833 03, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Igor Gomola & Silvia Dulanská

  5. Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Physics, Biophysics, Informatics and Telemedicine, Comenius University, Sasinkova 2, 813 72, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Silvia Dulanská

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Silliková, V., Jakubčinová, J., Horník, M. et al. Determination of caesium-137 in water samples using modified carbon microfibers. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 1275–1284 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08212-5

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