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Science 2 March 1988:
Vol. 239. no. 4845, pp. 1286 - 1288
DOI: 10.1126/science.239.4845.1286
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A Cesium-Selective Ion Sieve Made by Topotactic Leaching of Phlogopite Mica

Sridhar Komarneni 1 and Rustum Roy 1

1 Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

Ahydrated, sodium phlogopite mica with a c-axis spacing [d(001)] of 12.23 Å made by careful low-temperature leaching, showed extremely high selectivity for cesium. This newly discovered cesium ion sieve is useful in the decontamination as well as immobilization of cesium at room temperature through chemical bonding and may find applications in nuclear waste disposal and in decontamination of the environment after accidental releases of nuclear materials.

Submitted on September 28, 1987
Accepted on January 22, 1988


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