The recrystallization of Cs and Sr form of synthetic mordenites (CsSM and SrSM) at high temperature has been studied by means of X-ray powder diffraction, thermal analysis and density measurement. Synthetic mordenite (Cs loading≥70%) calcined at 1, 200°C recrystallized to cesium aluminosilicate (CsAlSi
5O
12) and it crystallized rapidly at higher temperature. The density of calcined CsSM considerably increased above 1, 200°C, corresponding to the variation in X-ray diffraction patterns. SrSM recrystallized to SrAl
2Si
2O
8 (Tric.) and SiO
2 (β-cristobalite and α-quartz) above 1, 100°C, then its maximum density was observed at 1, 100°C.
The leachability of Cs from calcined CsSM decreased with an increase in calcining temperature. The amount of Cs leached into the water (pH 3-6, 25-100°C) from the CsSM calcined above 1, 200°C was below the detection limit of atomic absorption analysis; hence the leaching rate proposed by IAEA was evaluated to be less than 10
-9 g/cmcm
2·d. A decrease in the Cs loading yielded a decrease in the leachability of Cs. The leachability of Sr decreased with an increase in calcining temperature, and the leaching of Sr from the SrSM calcined above 1, 100°C into the water of pH 4-6 was below the detection limit.
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