Radionuclides' Recovery from Seawater Using FIC and FIC A Sorbents.

To solve radioecological and oceanological problems (estimate the vertical transport, flows of particulate organic carbon, phosphorus biodynamics, submarine groundwater discharge, etc.), it is necessary to determine the natural values of the radionuclides' activity in seawater and particulate matter. For the first time, the radionuclides' sorption from seawater was studied using sorbents based on activated carbon modified with iron(III) ferrocyanide (FIC) and based on activated carbon modified with iron(III) hydroxide (FIC A-activated FIC) obtained by FIC sorbent treatment with sodium hydroxide solution.

Be Recovery from Seawater by Sorbents of Various Types.

For the first time, a comprehensive study of sorbents based on manganese dioxide was carried out for beryllium sorption from seawater in laboratory and expeditionary conditions. The possibility of using several commercially available sorbents based on manganese dioxide (Modix, MDM, DMM, PAN-MnO) and phosphorus(V) oxide (PD) for Be recovery from seawater for solving oceanological problems was evaluated. Beryllium sorption under static and dynamic conditions was studied.

Estimation of Ra and Ra Content Using Various Types of Sorbents and Their Distribution in the Surface Layer of the Black Sea.

Radium isotopes have traditionally been used as tracers of surface and underground fresh waters in land-ocean interactions. The concentration of these isotopes is most effective on sorbents containing mixed oxides of manganese. During the 116 RV Professor Vodyanitsky cruise (22 April-17 May 2021), a study about the possibility and efficiency of Ra and Ra recovery from seawater using various types of sorbents was conducted.

Assessment of Seasonal Variability in Phosphorus Biodynamics by Cosmogenic Isotopes P, P around Balaklava Coast.

The sorption efficiency of phosphorus from seawater by aluminum oxide and sorbents based on Fe(OH) obtained by various methods (using prepared sodium ferrate or precipitation of Fe(OH) with ammonia) was assessed. It was shown that phosphorus was recovered most efficiently at a seawater flow rate of one-to-four column volumes per minute with a sorbent based on hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile fiber with a precipitation of Fe(OH) with ammonia. Based on the results obtained, a method for phosphorus isotopes recovery with this sorbent was suggested.

Photonuclear Alchemy: Obtaining Medical Isotopes of Gold from Mercury Irradiated on Electron Accelerators.

In our work, the photonuclear production of Au isotopes for nuclear medicine purposes was studied, and a method for their recovery from irradiated mercury was developed. The yields of the corresponding nuclear reactions were determined, and a comparison of various methods of obtaining gold radioisotopes was provided. New sorbents based on benzo-15-crown-5, which selectively binds gold, were studied, and the optimal conditions for Au recovery with a high degree of purification from mercury were found.