TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of nanoscale zero valent iron particles for the removal of cesium from aqueous solutions
AU - Shubair, Tamer
AU - Eljamal, Osama
AU - Matsunaga, Nobuhiro
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial supports from Kyushu University and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan are highly appreciated.
Publisher Copyright:
© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2018/12/18
Y1 - 2018/12/18
N2 - The great East Japan Earthquake occurred in 2011 and seriously damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Large amounts of cesium was released into the environment following this accident. Therefore, this study for the first time assessed the applicability of nanosccale zero valent iron (nZVI) for the removal of cesium from aqueous solutions. The removal of cesium was investigated in a batch system with respect to initial cesium concentration, contact time, pH, temperature, competing cations and dosage of nanoparticles. The obtained results showed that nZVI displayed effective performance for removal of cesium. The removal efficiency exceeded 99% at initial cesium concentration of 1 mg/L and 1 g/L dose. The removal of cesium was largely depending on the solution pH and temperature. The current work proved the potential utility of the nZVI in the treatment of cesium contaminated water generated after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
AB - The great East Japan Earthquake occurred in 2011 and seriously damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Large amounts of cesium was released into the environment following this accident. Therefore, this study for the first time assessed the applicability of nanosccale zero valent iron (nZVI) for the removal of cesium from aqueous solutions. The removal of cesium was investigated in a batch system with respect to initial cesium concentration, contact time, pH, temperature, competing cations and dosage of nanoparticles. The obtained results showed that nZVI displayed effective performance for removal of cesium. The removal efficiency exceeded 99% at initial cesium concentration of 1 mg/L and 1 g/L dose. The removal of cesium was largely depending on the solution pH and temperature. The current work proved the potential utility of the nZVI in the treatment of cesium contaminated water generated after the Fukushima nuclear accident.
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U2 - 10.1088/1757-899X/454/1/012104
DO - 10.1088/1757-899X/454/1/012104
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85059032165
SN - 1757-8981
VL - 454
JO - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
JF - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 012104
T2 - 1st International Conference on Materials Engineering and Sciences, IConMEAS 2018
Y2 - 8 August 2018 through 9 August 2018
ER -