A review of the migration of radioactive elements in clay minerals in the context of nuclear waste storage

C Wang, VF Myshkin, VA Khan… - Journal of Radioanalytical …, 2022 - Springer
Clay is a widespread natural mineral. The review considers physical and chemical
properties of clay minerals which are important in terms of geological high-level radioactive …

Comprehensive review on the role of salinity on oil recovery mechanisms during chemical flooding

F Nyah, N Ridzuan, PI Nwaichi, C Umunnawuike… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Previous studies have reported contradictory behavior on the influence of salinity on
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) chemicals like surfactants, polymers, and nanoparticles …

Environmental effects on ammonium adsorption onto clay minerals: Experimental constraints and applications

AJ Yu, X Lin, J Zhu, H He, L Li - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Adsorption of ammonium (NH 4+) by clay minerals in soil/sediment and altered
oceanic crust plays an important role in Earth's geological nitrogen cycle by transporting …

Insight into Cr (VI) biosorption onto algal-bacterial granular sludge: Cr (VI) bioreduction and its intracellular accumulation in addition to the effects of environmental …

X Yang, Z Zhao, G Zhang, S Hirayama… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Hexavalent chromium (Cr (VI)) is one of the typical heavy metals that pose a great
threat to the environment. As a novel biotechnology, algal-bacterial aerobic granular sludge …

Cd (II) adsorption on earth-abundant serpentine in aqueous environment: Role of interfacial ion specificity

Z Wang, H Tian, J Liu, J Wang, Q Lu, L **e - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Adsorption of heavy metal ions (eg, Cd (II)) on clay minerals significantly affects their
transport and fate in natural and engineered waterbodies. To date, the role of interfacial ion …

In-situ growth of ZIF-8 nanocrystals on biochar for boron adsorption

M Luo, C Zhu, Q Chen, F Song, W Hao, Z Shen… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Removing boron (B) from aqueous solution is economically and environmentally important
in the treatment of many industrial and agricultural wastewater streams. Here, we produced …

Competitive adsorption processes at clay mineral surfaces: A coupled experimental and modeling approach

E Orucoglu, S Grangeon, A Gloter… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Quantification of adsorption processes on clay mineral surfaces is often necessary to predict
the extent and the evolution of contaminants' migration in surficial and underground …

Differences in the behaviour of trace and rare-earth elements in oxidizing and reducing soil environments: Case study of Terra Rossa soils and Cretaceous palaeosols …

G Durn, I Perković, J Stummeyer, F Ottner, M Mileusnić - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This study compares the differences between the distribution of trace elements and rare-
earth elements (REEs) formed under reducing and oxidizing soil conditions during …

Rare Earth Element Adsorption to Clay Minerals: Mechanistic Insights and Implications for Recovery from Secondary Sources

BA Bishop, MS Alam, SL Flynn, N Chen… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The energy transition will have significant mineral demands and there is growing interest in
recovering critical metals, including rare earth elements (REE), from secondary sources in …

The kaolinite shuttle links the Great Oxidation and Lomagundi events

W Hao, K Mänd, Y Li, DS Alessi, P Somelar… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The~ 2.22–2.06 Ga Lomagundi Event was the longest positive carbon isotope
excursion in Earth's history and is commonly interpreted to reflect perturbations in …