Adsorption and Removal of Radioiodine in the Water Supply by Coprecipitation with Iron(III) Hydroxide.

27 Radiochemistry

“…It has been shown that uranium ions can be incorporated into haematite 229 and that radioactive iodine is adsorbed from solution by colloidal ferric hydroxide. 230 Other studies have investigated the adsorption of thorium on cement 231 and on ammonium molydophosphate, 232 of americium on glass 233 and of strontium-85 and -89 by rotting tree bark and similar biomass materials. 234…”