Ann. occup. Hyg., Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 269-279, 1997
© 1997 British Occupational Hygiene Society
Published by Oxford University Press
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ACID LEACHING STUDIES OF NEUTRON-IRRADIATED CHYRSOTILE ASBESTOS
Biomedical Research, AEA Technology 551 Harwell, Didcot OX11 ORA, U.K.
Samples of chrysotile from Quebec (UICC B and Jeffrey 4T-30) and from the Coalinga region of California (Calidria RG-144) were irradiated with thermal neutrons in a reactor. The main activation products induced were 46Sc, 51Cr, 59Fe and 60Co. Accurately weighed samples of the irradiated materials were dispersed in N HCl by hand shaking for 10 s. After leaching for predetermined periods at 25°C, the samples were filtered and the concentrations of Mg determined in the filtrates by inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (IPC-AES) and the activities of the four radionuclides by high resolution 
-ray spectrometry. Similar measurements were made on solutions obtained by refluxing samples of irradiated chrysotilc with 2N HCl for 2 h. The specific activities of each of the four activation products were calculated in arbitrary units and, as the concentrations of Sc, Cr, Fe and Co in the UICC B sample had already been determined, it was possible to estimate the concentrations of these elements in the other two samples. Similanties in the leaching patterns of magnesium and of the activation products showed that with all samples, high proportions of the parent trace elements were present in the form of isomorphous substitutes for magnesium in structural brucite. Agreement was closest with the Calidria chrysotile in which all the radionuclides had a similar pattern. With the Jeffrey and UICC B samples, the presence of a high proportion of the iron as relatively insoluble magnetite accounted for the observed discrepancy in behaviour between 59Fe and Mg. More detailed calculation of leaching rates over specific time intervals showed that, initially, 51Cr and 60Co dissolved more rapidly than Mg but that this was followed by a period in which the opposite was the case. It was concluded that the Calidria RG-144 sample is an ideal candidate for studies of magnesium dissolution in vivo. © 1997 AEA Technology plc. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd
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