Radiocesium sorption on illite and natural sediments

The kinetics and reversibility of radiocesium sorption on illite and natural sediments have been reviewed and interpreted in terms of a mechanistic framework. This framework is based on the premise that radiocesium is almost exclusively and highly-selectively bound to the frayed particle edges of illitic clay minerals. It is shown that in-situ Ko of radiocesium in sediments are consistent with this ion-exchange process on illite. 

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