Fixation of caesilum-137 onto styrene-divinylbenzene cation exchange resins

Batch contact ion exchange experiments were carried out to check the perfor mance of a highly cross-linked (30%) macroporous styrene-divinylbenzene cat ion exchange resin with 0.406 ml/g pore volume and 110 Angstrom pore diamet er. The surface area of the resin was 150 m(2)/g. The ion exchange of the C s-137 radioisotope was determined by taking liquid aliquotes at various tim e intervals from solutions over various cationic forms of the resins. The r esults of kinetics and distribution coefficients for the uptake of Cs-137 r adioisotope were evident in all cationic forms of the resin. The best resul ts of uptake were obtained from the Li+-form of the resin. All the experime nts were carried out with deionized water at room temperature.