THE INFLUENCE OF SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS AND COMPLEX-FORMING COMPOUNDS ON THE DECONTAMINATION OF RADIOACTIVE SEWAGE BY MEANS OF THE CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD (in German)
Radioactively contaminated sewage, as it is found in practice, can often be decontaminated only poorly, if at all, by chemical precipitation, in contrast to laboratory experiments. A number of detergents and complex-forming compounds were examined in regard to their influence on the decontamination of radioactive sewage. It was found that this method is easily disturbed by the presence of even very slight traces of complex-forming compounds such as tartaric acid, citric acid, EDTA and other chelating agents, while other commercial detergents had no appreciable negative influence on the precipitation method. The results of the laboratory experiments were confirmed by extensive experiments on a pilot- plant scale. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Kernreaktor Bau- und Betriebs-Gesellschaft m.b.H, Karlsruhe, Ger.
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-023835
- OSTI ID:
- 4154573
- Journal Information:
- Atompraxis (West Germany) Incorporated in Kerntechnik, Journal Name: Atompraxis (West Germany) Incorporated in Kerntechnik Vol. Vol: 6; ISSN ATPXA
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- German
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