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. 2021 Oct;28(39):55725-55735.
doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-14916-0. Epub 2021 Jun 17.

Additive-free hydrothermal leaching method with low environmental burden for screening of strontium in soil

Takuma Kato  1 , Mika Nagaoka  2 , Haixin Guo  1 , Hiroki Fujita  3 , Taku Michael Aida  4 , Richard Lee Smith Jr  5
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Additive-free hydrothermal leaching method with low environmental burden for screening of strontium in soil

Takuma Kato et al. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

In this work, hydrothermal leaching was applied to simulated soils (clay minerals vermiculite, montmorillonite, and kaolinite) and actual soils (Terunuma, Japan) to generate organic acids with the objective to develop an additive-free screening method for determination of Sr in soil. Stable strontium (SrCl2) was adsorbed onto soils for the study, and ten organic acids (citric, L(+)-tartaric, succinic, oxalic, pyruvic, formic, glycolic, lactic, acetic, and propionic) were evaluated for leaching Sr from simulated soils under hydrothermal conditions (120 °C to 200 °C) at concentrations up to 0.3 M. For strontium-adsorbed vermiculite (Sr-V), 0.1 M citric acid was found to be effective for leaching Sr at 150 °C and 1 h treatment time. Based on these results, the formation of organic acids from organic matter in Terunuma soil was studied. Hydrothermal treatment of Terunuma soil produced a maximum amount of organic acids at 200 °C and 0.5 h reaction time. To confirm the possibility for leaching of Sr from Terunuma soil, strontium-adsorbed Terunuma soil (Sr-S) was studied. For Sr-S, hydrothermal treatment at 200 °C for 0.5 h reaction time allowed 40% of the Sr to be leached at room temperature, thus demonstrating an additive-free method for screening of Sr in soil. The additive-free hydrothermal leaching method avoids calcination of solids in the first step of chemical analysis and has application to both routine monitoring of metals in soils and to emergency situations.

Keywords: Beta-ray emitters; Hydrothermal treatment; Organic acids; Soil analysis; Sr extraction; Waste reduction.

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