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Radio-Labelled Humic Materials in Migration Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1992

Lars Carlsen ,
Pia Lassen ,
Peter Warwick  and
Amanda Randall
Lars Carlsen
Affiliation:
National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Pia Lassen
Affiliation:
National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Peter Warwick
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire LEI I 3TU, UK
Amanda Randall
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire LEI I 3TU, UK
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Abstract

Humic- and fulvic acids are able to complex polyvalent metal ions, e.g. radionuclides, leading to soluble complexes of significant strength, thereby decreasing the sorption of these compounds to soils and sediments. The interaction of humic materials with radionuclides may significantly influence the availability and transport of the latter in the environment. Typically, studies along these lines have focussed almost exclusively on the radionuclides, whereas the actual role of the humic material has been elucidated only indirectly. In order directly to study the behaviour of the naturally occurring organic macro-molecules in relation to the environmental fate of radionuclides, radio-labelled humic- and fulvic acids can advantageously be applied. Radio-labels such as 14C and 125I have successfully been covalently incorporated in humic- and fulvic acids. Labelling of humic substances as well as preliminary migration studies are discussed

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 294: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVI , 1992 , 811
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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