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50 kGy of gamma irradiation does not affect the leachability of mineral soils and sediments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2014

Damian B. Gore  and
Ian Snape
Damian B. Gore*
Affiliation:
Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Ian Snape
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, 203 Channel Highway, Tasmania 7050, Australia
*
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: damian.gore@mq.edu.au
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Abstract

Sterilization of soils and sediments can release them from quarantine restrictions. Gamma irradiation is effective at sterilization but can damage materials and in so doing affect their suitability for environmental research. Duplicate samples of a wide range of mineral soils and sediments were subject to an acetic acid extraction before and after 50 kGy gamma irradiation. This amount of gamma irradiation did not affect the leachability of a range of analytes from the soils and sediments.

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environmentTCLPmineralogycrystallinity

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Powder Diffraction , Volume 29 , Issue S1 , December 2014 , pp. S40 - S46
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