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Zeolite Used for Optimized Removal of Radioactive Cobalt with Response Surface Methodology

Radioactive cobalt is one of the most abundant radionuclides in radioactive waste. This study investigated the removal of radioactive cobalt (60Co) by adsorption with zeolite 3A and 5A from aqua solution. The response surface methodology was employed to constitute the predictive regression model to guess the decontamination factor for radioactive cobalt removal. The experimental maximum decontamination factor 30.37 and 15.9 were obtained for zeolite 3A and zeolite 5A, respectively. The calculated model was significant for both zeolite 3A and 5A (p

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