Isopiestic Measurements of Water Adsorption on Uranium Bearing Solids - 1900w
- Applied Research Center, Florida International University, 10555 W. Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33174 (United States)
The research focus was to investigate the stability of the multicomponent uranium-bearing precipitates mimicking those created in sediments as a result of alkaline ammonia gas treatment in the vadose zone. Gravimetric measurements of moisture uptake on uranium-bearing precipitates as a function of increasing relative humidity can provide reasonable estimates of the deliquescence point of solid phases or its components. Water moisture uptake by uranium-bearing precipitates as a function of increasing relative humidity was measured at 25 deg. C via the isopiestic method. The conditions for each isotherm were calculated by a division of the amount of adsorbed moisture by the amount of dry precipitate samples. This method can provide estimates of water quantity retained within precipitates conducted in the range of water activities. The desorption portion of the isotherm was obtained by progressively decreasing the water activity or relative pressure in the isopiestic chamber while monitoring the equilibrium amount of moisture sorbed at each relative pressure. The amount of water adsorbed by multicomponent precipitates at a{sub w} = 0.67 ranged between 0.63 and 0.77 g water/g precipitate. Higher water activities or relative humidity values eventually lead to the deliquescence of the solid or its components and the formation of a liquid phase. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 23002846
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-21-WM-1900w; TRN: US21V0953043179
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM2019: 45. Annual Waste Management Conference, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 3-7 Mar 2019; Other Information: Country of input: France; 17 refs.; available online at: https://www.xcdsystem.com/wmsym/2019/index.html
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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