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Atomic Emission Determination of Cesium in Table Salt and Brines
(Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies, Dnipro, 2025) Yurchenko, O.I.; Chernozhuk, T.V.; Baklanov, A.N.; Nikolenko, M.V.; Cherginets, V.L.; Rebrov, A.L.
ENG: Atomic emission spectrometry has been shown to be one of the most effective methods for determining cesium content in table salt and brines after preconcentration by coprecipitation. The most efficient collectors for cesium coprecipitation are ferrocyanides with the general formula MeII 2Fe(CN)6 (Me=Cu, Co, Ni). It was found that using copper ferrocyanide enables the extraction of up to 92% of cesium from solution. However, in water, brines, and salt solutions, cesium often exists in forms that cannot be coprecipitated (in more than 50% of cases). Therefore, organic cesium compounds (humic and fulvic acids) must be destroyed. The effect of ultrasound on highly mineralized waters, brines, and salt solutions to convert cesium compounds into coprecipitable forms was studied. It was established that the main factors contributing to the intensifying effect of ultrasound are the occurrence of sonochemical reactions, as well as the mixing and dispersing actions of ultrasound. An express method for determining cesium in table salt and brines was developed, involving the destruction of organic impurities and the coprecipitation of cesium with Cu2Fe(CN)6 under ultrasonic intensification. The detection limit for cesium is 2⋅10–8 wt.%.