Uptake of Ra-226 in cementitious systems: A complementary solution chemistry and atomistic simulation study

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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.06.015" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.06.015</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.06.015" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.06.015</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Uptake of Ra-226 in cementitious systems: A complementary solution chemistry and atomistic simulation study
Original language description
The uptake of Ra-226 to various cement hydration phases such as calcium-silicate-hydrates (C-S-H), ettringite (AFt) and monosulfate (AFm) as well as hardened cement pastes (HCP) made from ordinary Portland cement and low pH cement, respectively, was studied in batch-type sorption experiments under anoxic conditions. Besides sorption kinetics, the effects of solution composition and solid to liquid ratios were analyzed. Uptake kinetics were generally fast, leading to sorption equilibrium in less than 30 days. In particular, a strong retention of Ra-226 by C-S-H phases was observed with a dependency of distribution coefficients on the Ca/Si - ratio of the C-S-H and the alkali content in solution. Atomistic simulation provided evidence that, in addition to Ra sorption on surface sites, the uptake of Ra due to exchange for Ca in the C-S-H interlayer space is a plausible uptake mechanism, in particular at low Ca/Si-ratios. Experiments performed on HCP revealed a correlation between sorption distribution coefficients of Ra-226 and C-S-H content and composition. Experiments on C-S-H alteration showed that upon carbonation previously bound Ra is predominantly released into the pore solution, although some Ra can be retained by newly formed calcite.
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10403 - Physical chemistry

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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