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- Title
On the Sorption Mode of U(IV) at Calcium Silicate Hydrate: A Comparison of Adsorption, Absorption in the Interlayer, and Incorporation by Means of Density Functional Calculations.
- Authors
Chiorescu, Ion; Kremleva, Alena; Krüger, Sven
- Abstract
Calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) is the main product of cement hydration and has also been shown to be the main sorbing phase of actinide ions interacting with cement. U(IV) has been chosen as an exemplary actinide ion to study actinide sorption at C-S-H as U is the main element in highly active radioactive waste and because reducing conditions are foreseen in a deep geological repository for such waste. U(IV) surface adsorption, absorption in the interlayer, and incorporation into the calcium oxide layer of C-S-H has been modeled quantum mechanically, applying a density functional approach. For each sorption mode various sites have been considered and a combined dynamic equilibration and optimization approach has been applied to generate a set of representative stable sorption complexes. At the surface and in the interlayer similar U(IV) hydroxo complexes stabilized by Ca2+ ions have been determined as sorbates. Surface adsorption tends to be preferred over absorption in the interlayer for the same type of sites. Incorporation of U(IV) in the CaO layer yields the most favorable sorption site. This result is supported by good qualitative agreement of structures with EXAFS results for other actinides in the oxidation state IV, leading to a new interpretation of the experimental results.
- Subjects
CALCIUM silicate hydrate; CALCIUM silicates; SORPTION; HYDRATES; GEOLOGICAL repositories; ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION (Chemistry); RADIOACTIVE wastes; GEOLOGICAL carbon sequestration
- Publication
Minerals (2075-163X), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 12, p1541
- ISSN
2075-163X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/min12121541