Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - DTU Orbit
Thesis for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy - DTU Orbit
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Table 7 Adsorption <strong>of</strong> iodine species onto DEAE 32 cellulose <strong>for</strong> total iodine concentration determination<br />
The total concentration (iodide + iodate + organic iodine) in <strong>the</strong> water used in all experiments was 20.6 ppb.<br />
The volume <strong>of</strong> water was 200ml in all experiments.<br />
Experiment<br />
number<br />
Experiment setting The fraction <strong>of</strong> 127 I that remains in <strong>the</strong><br />
water phase after batch experiment (%)<br />
19 1g DEAE 32 cellulose/8h Stirring/RT/ filtered 24.6<br />
20 1g DEAE 32 cellulose/2h Stirring/RT/ filtered 24.1<br />
21 1g DEAE 32 cellulose/4h Stirring/RT/ filtered 21.6<br />
22 5g DEAE 32 cellulose/4h Stirring/RT/ filtered 10.1<br />
23 5g DEAE 32 cellulose/8h Stirring/RT/ filtered 10.1<br />
24 5g DEAE 32 cellulose/16h Stirring/RT/ filtered 15.9<br />
RT - room temperature<br />
Adsorption <strong>of</strong> iodine species onto activated charcoal and DEAE 32 cellulose from seawater samples shows<br />
that only 12-17% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> total iodine in seawater can be adsorbed onto those materials (Table 8). The large<br />
concentration <strong>of</strong> anions and competitive large ions that are present in <strong>the</strong> seawater are likely to block <strong>the</strong><br />
active exchange sites and thus results in low adsorption <strong>of</strong> iodine species.<br />
Table 8 Adsorption <strong>of</strong> iodine species onto activated charcoal and DEAE 32 cellulose from seawater. The<br />
total concentration (iodide + iodate + organic iodine) in <strong>the</strong> water used in all experiments was 35 ppb. The<br />
volume <strong>of</strong> seawater was 200ml in all experiments.<br />
Experiment<br />
number<br />
17 AC-DDW<br />
washed<br />
Adsorbant Experiment setting The fraction <strong>of</strong> 127 I that<br />
remains in <strong>the</strong> water phase<br />
after batch experiment (%)<br />
5 g AC (size 0,5-1mm)/4h Stirring/RT/filtered 83.7<br />
18 DEAE 32<br />
cellulose<br />
5g DEAE 32 cellulose/4h Stirring/RT/ filtered 88.2<br />
AC - activated charcoal; DDW - double distilled water; RT- room temperature<br />
The results <strong>of</strong> this study reveal that <strong>the</strong> absorption <strong>of</strong> inorganic and organic iodine species onto AC or DEAE<br />
32 cellulose has a very limited practical use during normal environmental conditions as a method <strong>for</strong><br />
quantification <strong>of</strong> total iodine-129 in freshwater and seawater.<br />
3.1.3 Quantification <strong>of</strong> total iodine-129 species in fresh water by K2S2O8 oxidation <strong>of</strong> iodine organic<br />
matter (unpublished results). Persulfate oxidation <strong>of</strong> aquatic organic matter has previously been employed<br />
(Cuypers et al., 2000; Bronk et al., 2000) in order to destroy <strong>the</strong> organic matter.<br />
The experiments per<strong>for</strong>med in this study show that iodine may be released from organic matter when 200<br />
mL <strong>of</strong> water sample is mixed with K2S2O8 to obtain an aqueous persulfate concentration <strong>of</strong> 0.01M (Table<br />
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