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Affiliation (Master)

• Faculty of Engineering　Sustainable Resources Engineering　Resources Engineering

Affiliation (Master)

• Faculty of Engineering　Sustainable Resources Engineering　Resources Engineering

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Degree

• PhD(Engineering)（Waseda University）

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• Name (Japanese)

  Sato

• Name (Kana)

  Tsutomu

• Name

  200901091654442995

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https://emr.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/
https://emr.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/english.html

Achievement

Research Interests

• 粘土鉱物   鉱物   多環芳香族炭化水素   イオン交換   岩石-水相互作用   分子進化工学   触媒   アミノ酸   風化   蛇紋岩   変質   超塩基性岩   PAH   越境汚染   環日本海   蛇紋岩化作用   マグネシウム炭酸塩鉱物   ペプチド   資源開発工学   エアロゾル   高アルカリ   黄砂   オマーン   ハイドロタルサイト   メラノイジン   日本海   生物生態工学   環境技術   吸着   透水性   廃棄物工学   環境鉱物学   地球化学   Environmental MineralogyGeochemistryWaste Engineering   

Research Areas

• Energy / Earth resource engineering, energy science
• Natural sciences / Solid earth science
• Natural sciences / Space and planetary science

Research Experience

• 2011/04 - Today Faculty of Engineering Professor
• 2002 - 2006 金沢大学自然計測応用研究センター 助教授
• 2002 - 2006 Associate Professor,Division of Earth Dynamics, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
• 2006 - 北海道大学大学院工学研究科 助教授
• 2006 - Associate Professor,Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University
• 1999 - 2002 Kanazawa University Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
• 1999 - 2002 Associate Professor,Division of of Global Environmental Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University
• 1999 Kanazawa University Faculty of Science, Department of Earth Sciences
• 1999 Associate Professor,Associate Professor, Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University
• 1992 - 1998 日本原子力研究所 研究員
• 1992 - 1998 Researcher,Japan Atomic Energy Reseach Institute

Education

•        - 1992  Waseda University
•        - 1992  Waseda University  Graduate School, Division of Science and Engineering

Committee Memberships

• 1997   Clay Mineralogical Society, Japan (1989-)Clay Minerals Society (1989-)Mineralogical Society, Japan (1989-)Geochemical Society (1992-)Atomic Energy Society, Japan (1992-)Member of Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan (2005-)   Managing committee   Clay Mineralogical Society, Japan (1989-)Clay Minerals Society (1989-)Mineralogical Society, Japan (1989-)Geochemical Society (1992-)Atomic Energy Society, Japan (1992-)Member of Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan (2005-)

Awards

• 2022/09 日本粘土学会 論文賞
  
• 2022/06 資源地質学会 The Best Article Award
  
• 2016/09 日本粘土学会 学会賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努
• 2015/09 日本粘土学会 論文賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努
• 2014/09 日本粘土学会 論文賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努
• 2010/09 資源・素材学会 論文賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努
• 2010/09 日本粘土学会 論文賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努
• 2006/08 日本鉱物学会 応用鉱物学賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努
• 2005 UK-Japan Collaboration Awards-Green Sustainable Chemistry
  
• 2004/09 日本粘土学会 論文賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努
• 1992/09 日本粘土学会 奨励賞
   

  受賞者: 佐藤 努

Published Papers

• Primary Fe isotope signatures record oxidative precipitation in 3.2 Ga ferruginous siliciclastic sedimentary rocks deposited in a shallow ocean environment

  Ryohei Suzumeji, Tsubasa Otake, Daizo Yamauchi, Yoko Ohtomo, Takeshi Kakegawa, Christoph Heubeck, Shin ichi Yamasaki, Tsutomu Sato

  Precambrian Research 413 0301-9268 2024/10 

  Iron (Fe) isotopic compositions of Iron formations (IFs) have the potential to constrain the oceanic redox environment and marine biosphere on the early Earth. However, the interpretation of Fe isotope ratios in IFs is controversial and related to various factors, such as Fe sources, mode of primary precipitation, and subsequent mineral transformations. This paper presents whole-rock Fe isotope data for ca. 3.2 Ga unweathered ferruginous siliciclastic sedimentary rocks deposited in a shallow ocean in the lower part (unit MdI1) of the Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa. We also experimentally examined Fe isotope effects during the precipitation of Fe2+-silicates (e.g., greenalite), proposed as primary Fe minerals in IFs. The Fe isotope data show significant variation (δ56Fe = −0.58 ‰ to +0.60 ‰) for different lithologies (i.e., magnetite-rich siltstone, carbonate-rich siltstone, sandy siltstone, and jaspilite). The δ56Fe values (δ56Fe = −0.54 ‰ to +0.60 ‰) of the magnetite-rich siltstones tend to decrease with decreasing Fe2O3(T)/Al2O3 ratios and matrix ratios (the percentage of detrital grains with a size of <30 μm). Carbonate-rich siltstones also fall on the same Fe2O3(T)/Al2O3 – δ56Fe and matrix ratio – δ56Fe trends as magnetite-rich siltstone. The synthetic experiment showed that isotope fractionation during anoxygenic Fe2+-silicate precipitation from dissolved ferrous Fe (Fe2+(aq)) was much smaller (Δ56FeFe2+-silicate–Fe2+(aq) < +0.3 ‰) than that of oxidative precipitation. These results indicate that Fe isotopic variations in Fe-rich siltstones (magnetite- and carbonate-rich siltstones) are only explained by the oxidative precipitation of Fe2+(aq) supplied from the deep ocean following Rayleigh-type fractionation. Low carbonate-C isotope ratios (δ13Ccarb = −5.8 ‰ to −3.7 ‰) of the Fe-rich siltstones show that magnetite and ankerite or Mg-siderite formed from a primary Fe3+-bearing mineral by oxidation of organic C after Fe burial. The consistent Fe2O3(T)/Al2O3 – δ56Fe trends between the magnetite- and carbonate-rich siltstones suggest that Fe reduction during diagenetic and/or metamorphic transformation processes of Fe-bearing minerals caused negligible changes in the whole-rock Fe isotope composition, possibly because of limited mobility of Fe2+ in the sediment. Consequently, the Fe isotope compositions predominantly record the primary precipitation process that occurred in the water column of a 3.2 Ga shallow ocean environment.
• Immobilization Forms of Cadmium and Mercury in a Potassium-Activated Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer

  Pramesti Prihutami, Raudhatul Islam Chaerun, Yusuke Ohya, Tsubasa Otake, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsutomu Sato

  Minerals 14 (3) 311 - 311 2024/03/15 

  Previous studies of cadmium and mercury immobilization in geopolymers have produced inconsistent results due to their different pozzolans, metal concentrations, and mixing procedures. Understanding the effects of these parameters on heavy metal immobilization is key to predicting their long-term stability. In this study, cadmium and mercury were incorporated into a metakaolin-based K-activated geopolymer by three mixing procedures and concentrations of 0.02–1.00 wt.%. The samples were then immersed in water for 90 d to determine their stability. The results show that mercury is readily leached from the geopolymer, but cadmium is retained. Adding the heavy metals in salt form converts the metals into cadmium hydroxide and mercury oxide that reside at the bottom of the geopolymer. Mixing the salts with water forms soluble heavy metals prior to geopolymerization. This procedure produces more-homogeneous geopolymers. Cadmium is associated with silicate and aluminate, giving a better stability, whereas mercury forms mercury oxide. Different cadmium and mercury concentrations do not change the metal speciation as mercury is affected by relativistic contribution.
• Effect of chicken manure amendment on lead burden in mice: exposure to lead-spiked soil

  Nyein Chan Soe, Yared Beyene Yohannes, Takamitsu Ohigashi, Hokuto Nakata, Chikae Tatsumi, Yoshitaka Uchida, Walubita Mufalo, Mayumi Ito, Tsutomu Sato, Toshifumi Igarashi, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Mayumi Ishizuka, Shouta M. M. Nakayama

  Journal of Soils and Sediments 1439-0108 2024/03/13
• Mineralogical Evolution of High-pH/Low-pH Cement Pastes in Contact with Seawater

  Yutaro Kobayashi, Tsutomu Sato

  Minerals 14 (3) 2024/03 

  In facilities for the geological disposal of radioactive waste in coastal areas, the long-term alteration of cementitious materials in engineered barriers is expected to occur due to the ingress of groundwater derived from seawater. Although the reaction between cement and seawater has been studied, the alteration behavior caused by the reaction between seawater and low-pH cement, which is expected to be used in a disposal facility, has not yet been clarified. In this study, the effects of cement type on cement–seawater interactions were investigated, and the chemical stability and mineral evolution of cement pastes caused by reactions with seawater were determined. The dissolution of cement hydrates occurred upon increased contact with seawater, and the formation of secondary minerals, including carbonate and Mg-containing minerals, was observed. The progress of dissolution depended on the mineral composition of the initially formed cement hydrates, and low-pH cement containing pozzolanic materials showed less resistance to seawater. Differences in pH and Si concentration that are due to the type of cement used had a strong influence on the evolution of minerals (especially Mg-containing minerals), implying that the formed mineral species possibly affect the migration characteristics of radionuclide.
• Insights on hazardous metal bioaccessibility, and groundwater impacted by Zn residues from a legacy mine and risk evaluation of adjacent soils

  Walubita Mufalo, Takahiko Arima, Toshifumi Igarashi, Mayumi Ito, Tsutomu Sato, Shingo Tomiyama, Imasiku Nyambe, Carlito Baltazar Tabelin, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Environmental Geochemistry and Health 46 (2) 0269-4042 2024/02/06
• 半焼成ドロマイトおよびリン酸塩を用いたカブウェ鉱山鉱さい中の重金属不溶化特性

  Takahiko ARIMA, Kenta NOTO, Walubita MUFALO, Toshifumi IGARASHI, Mayumi ITO, Tsutomu SATO, Hokuto NAKATA, Shouta NAKAYAMA, Mayumi ISHIZUKA

  Resources Processing 70 (3) 141 - 150 1348-6012 2024
• Systematic comparison of Mg K-edge XANES spectra of magnesium-bearing clay minerals and magnesium silicate hydrates: A promising tool for identifying magnesium silicate hydrate in natural samples

  Kosuke Inoue, Yuto Nishiki, Keisuke Fukushi, Reo Suma, Tsutomu Sato, Hiroshi Sakuma, Kenji Tamura, Shingo Yokoyama, Misato Shimbashi, Tomoyuki Mizukami, Kensuke Unami, Yohei Noji, Takuma Kitajima, So Fukaya, Yasuo Takeichi, Shohei Yamashita, Hiroki Suga, Yoshio Takahashi

  Applied Clay Science 245 107152  0169-1317 2023/12/01 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Magnesium silicate hydrate (MSH) is a low-crystalline material of recent interest in the fields of geoengineering, low-temperature geochemistry, and planetary science. Despite the potential importance of the phase in a wide range of research areas, methods for identifying MSH in natural samples are limited because of its low crystallinity and variable chemical composition. The use of Mg-XANES spectroscopy for identifying MSH and Mg-bearing clay minerals were examined in this study. The spectra of various MSHs synthesized under different conditions were systematically compared against the spectra of various other natural and synthetic clay mineral species (montmorillonite, Fe-montmorillonite, saponite, Fe-saponite, stevensite, talc, antigorite, chrysotile, and chlorite). The spectra for all the mineral species were similar, regardless of composition and crystallinity. Quantitative comparison of the spectral similarities revealed that species with the same structure had similar spectra, such that 2:1 dioctahedral smectites (montmorillonite), 2:1 trioctahedral smectites (saponite and stevensite), 2:1 trioctahedral talcs, and 1:1 trioctahedral serpentines all have unique Mg-XANES spectra. The spectra of six freshly prepared MSHs with Mg/Si ratios of 0.7–1.3 and synthesized under different pH conditions (pH = 10 or 12) were comparable. Two freshly prepared Fe-containing MSHs showed very similar Mg-XANES spectra to those of the MSHs. Spectral analysis revealed that the spectra of the freshly prepared MSHs could not be reconstructed by combining the spectra of the other Mg-bearing clay minerals, indicating that the coordination environment of Mg in freshly prepared MSH is unique and common regardless of the material's composition and reaction pH. The spectra of two MSHs (Mg/Si ratio, 0.8–1.3) aged for 12 months were slightly different from those of the freshly prepared MSHs due to partial transformation of the MSH to trioctahedral clay minerals. In summary, Mg-XANES spectroscopy can be used to identify MSHs and certain other clay minerals due to their unique spectra.
• Development of metakaolin-based geopolymer for selenium oxyanions uptake through in-situ ettringite formation

  Xiaobo Niu, Yogarajah Elakneswaran, Raudhatul Islam Chaerun, Chuwei Fang, Naoki Hiroyoshi, John L. Provis, Tsutomu Sato

  Separation and Purification Technology 324 124530 - 124530 1383-5866 2023/11
• Immobilization of Pb and Zn leached from mining residue materials in Kabwe, Zambia: Performance of calcined dolomite in column experiments

  Walubita Mufalo, Pawit Tangviroon, Takahiko Arima, Toshifumi Igarashi, Mayumi Ito, Tsutomu Sato, Kenta Noto, Takeshi Kawashima, Imasiku Nyambe, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Journal of Geochemical Exploration 249 107209 - 107209 0375-6742 2023/06
• The formation of schwertmannite colloids and natural remediation of toxic elements from Shojin River, Hokkaido, Japan

  Frances Chikanda, Sereyroith Tum, Tatsuya Matsui, Susumu Norota, Tsubasa Otake, Tsutomu Sato

  Resource Geology 73 (1) 1344-1698 2023/01
• Formation of magnesium silicate hydrate (M-S-H) at pH 10 and 50°C in open-flow systems

  Yuto Nishiki, Jordi Cama, Tsubasa Otake, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Misato Shimbashi, Tsutomu Sato

  Applied Geochemistry 148 105544 - 105544 0883-2927 2023/01
• Difference in expansion and dehydration behaviors between NH4- and K-montmorillonite

  Ryohei Kawakita, Akito Saito, Hiroshi Sakuma, Sohtaro Anraku, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsubasa Otake, Tsutomu Sato

  Applied Clay Science 231 106722 - 106722 0169-1317 2023/01
• Retention mechanism of cesium in chabazite embedded into metakaolin-based alkali activated materials

  Raudhatul Islam Chaerun, Natatsawas Soonthornwiphat, Kanako Toda, Kazuma Kuroda, Xiaobo Niu, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsubasa Otake, Yogarajah Elakneswaran, John L. Provis, Tsutomu Sato

  Journal of Hazardous Materials 440 129732 - 129732 0304-3894 2022/10 [Refereed]
  
• Effects of lignosulfonate on synthesis products of the pozzolanic reaction

  Kanako Toda, Daisuke Minato, Takumi Saito, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsubasa Otake, Tsutomu Sato

  Cement 9 100042 - 100042 2666-5492 2022/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural glass alteration under a hyperalkaline condition for about 4000 years

  Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsutomu Sato, Naoki Fujii, Misato Shimbashi, Carlo A. Arcilla

  Scientific Reports 12 (1) 16012  2022/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Silicate glasses are durable materials in our daily life, but corrosion rate accelerates under alkaline aqueous environment. Such situation has raised concerns, for example, in nuclear waste disposal where vitrified wastes encounter to alkaline leachate from surrounding concrete materials. Here we report volcanic glass example surviving with a hyperalkaline groundwater (pH > 11) and high flow rate for about 4000 years. The tiny glass fragments were extracted from the volcanic ash layer sandwiched between ultramafic sediments using microanalytical techniques. Sharp elemental distributions at the glass surface, where amorphous-like smectite precursors and crystalline smectites coexist, suggest the corrosion by an interface-coupled dissolution–precipitation mechanism rather than inter-diffusion. The corrosion rate was maintained at, the minimum, 2.5 orders of magnitude less than the rate observed for fresh glass, even in the presence of Fe and Mg that might have consumed Si through the silicate precipitation.
• Characteristics and Formation Pathways of Iron- and Magnesium-Silicate-Hydrates and Smectites Under Natural Alkaline Conditions

  Misato Shimbashi, Shingo Yokoyama, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsubasa Otake, Tsutomu Sato

  Clays and Clay Minerals 70 (4) 492 - 513 0009-8604 2022/08/23 [Refereed]
   

  Understanding the behavior of secondary minerals under alkaline conditions is important for predicting the potential alteration of the constituent minerals in radioactive-waste disposal facilities. A previous study reported the formation of uncommon Fe- and Mg-bearing clays under natural alkaline conditions in the Philippines; these were referred to as iron-magnesium-silicate-hydrates (F-M-S-H) and nontronite-like minerals. The current study aimed to investigate the structural and chemical characteristics and to understand the formation pathways of these clays by performing a detailed characterization. F-M-S-H comprised tetrahedral–octahedral–tetrahedral (TOT) layers, imperfect interlayer hydroxide sheets, and interlayer Ca ions. The systematic changes in the characteristics of F-M-S-H at different sampling depths, such as the gradual decrease of the interlayer hydroxide sheets to form smectitic domains, were caused by the differing interaction periods between each sediment at different sampling depths and alkaline seepage. Furthermore, F-M-S-H was ferrous in form prior to oxidation. In contrast, a nontronite-like mineral comprised nontronite and part of an interlayer hydroxide sheet. This mineral was inferred to be formed under chemically different conditions from F-M-S-H, and probably formed in the presence of aqueous Fe3+ and Mg ions.
• Low-Temperature Hydrothermal Synthesis of Chromian Spinel from Fe-Cr Hydroxides Using a Flow-Through Reactor

  Ohtomo, Y, Yang, J, Nishikata, M, Kawamoto, D, Kimura, Y, Otake, T, Sato, T

  Minerals 12 (1110) 1110 - 1110 2022/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Recent studies have suggested that a chromian spinel can be formed under natural hydrothermal conditions; however, the required conditions, process, and associated redistribution of Cr are still poorly understood. Here, chromian spinel formation was performed by Fe-Cr hydroxides alteration with an Fe2+(aq) supply at 150, 170, and 200 °C and 5 MPa simulating the diagenetic process. The flow-through system enabled the Fe2+(aq) supply to be leached from the magnetite by an acidic solution to synthesize Fe-Cr hydroxides as the starting material with two reaction cells, flow lines, heaters, and a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) pump. The accuracy of the temperature measurement was confirmed based on the amorphous silica solubility. Mineralogical analysis of solid samples recovered from the reaction cell indicated that the chromian spinel was formed between 150 and 170 °C from Fe-Cr hydroxides through goethite with a simultaneous hematite formation, while Mössbauer spectra showed that a large quantity of Fe-Cr ferrihydrites still remained after the experiments probably because of the Cr addition to the stability of ferrihydrites. The Cr/Fe ratio of the chromian spinel was smaller than that of the bulk of the Fe-Cr ferrihydrites and equivalent to Cr-rich magnetite, suggesting a redistribution of Cr during the transformation from goethite to synthesized spinel under the hydrothermal conditions.
• Adsorption behaviour of simulant radionuclide cations and anions in metakaolin-based geopolymer

  Xiaobo Niu, Yogarajah Elakneswaran, Chaerun Raudhatul Islam, John L. Provis, Tsutomu Sato

  Journal of Hazardous Materials 429 128373 - 128373 0304-3894 2022/05
• Impacts of Surface Water on Windborne Lead Dispersion from the Zinc Plant Leach Residue in Kabwe, Zambia

  Shinsaku Nakamura, Toshifumi Igarashi, Yoshitaka Uchida, Mayumi Ito, Kazuyo Hirose, Tsutomu Sato, Walubita Mufalo, Meki Chirwa, Imasiku Nyambe, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Minerals 12 (5) 2022/05 [Refereed]
   

  Effects of the water content of ground surface on windborne lead (Pb) dispersion from the zinc (Zn) leach residue site at the Kabwe mine, Zambia, were simulated. The Pb-bearing Zn plant leach residue site was selected as the source of the dispersion, and water conditions of the surface of the source were evaluated by the modified normalized difference water index (MNDWI) under the actual weather conditions in the year 2019. The MNDWI was calculated based on Sentinel-2 datasets, which were acquired in the year 2019. The index was used for monitoring the surface condition of the source necessary for simulating Pb dispersion, because the higher surface water content reduces the intensity of windborne source. The results showed that the wind speeds and directions had huge impacts on Pb dispersion when the MNDWI had negative values, and that the dispersion was inhibited when the MNDWI had positive values. These indicate that the water content of the surface is sensitive to dispersion, and that MNDWI is an effective parameter that expresses the source strength.
• Alkaline Leaching and Concurrent Cementation of Dissolved Pb and Zn from Zinc Plant Leach Residues

  Marthias Silwamba, Mayumi Ito, Naoki Hiroyoshi, Carlito Baltazar Tabelin, Ryota Hashizume, Tomoki Fukushima, Ilhwan Park, Sanghee Jeon, Toshifumi Igarashi, Tsutomu Sato, Imasiku Nyambe, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Minerals 12 (4) 2022/04 [Refereed]
   

  Zinc plant leach residues (ZPLRs), particularly those produced using old technologies, have both economic importance as secondary raw materials and have environmental impacts because they contain hazardous heavy metals that pose risks to human health and the environment. Therefore, the extraction and recovery of these metals from ZPLRs has both economic and environmental benefits. In this study, we investigated the removal of lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) from ZPLRs by alkaline (NaOH) leaching and the concurrent cementation of dissolved Pb and Zn using aluminum (Al) metal powder. The effects of the leaching time, NaOH concentration, solid-to-liquid ratio (S/L), and dosage of Al metal powder on the extraction of Pb and Zn were investigated. Pb and Zn removal efficiencies increased with increasing NaOH concentrations and decreasing S/Ls. The Pb and Zn removal efficiencies were 62.2% and 27.1%, respectively, when 2.5 g/50 mL (S/L) of ZPLRs were leached in a 3 M NaOH solution for 30 min. The extraction of Pb and Zn could be attributed to the partitioning of these metals in relatively more mobile phases—water-soluble, exchangeable, and carbonate phases— in ZPLRs. Around 100% of dissolved Pb and less than 2% of dissolved Zn were cemented in leaching pulp when Al metal powder was added. Minerals in the solid residues, particularly iron oxides minerals, were found to suppress the cementation of extracted Zn in leaching pulp, and when they were removed by filtration, Zn was recovered by Al metal powder via cementation.
• Permeability change in macro-fractured granite using water including clay

  Yoshitaka NARA, Masaji KATO, Tsutomu SATO, Masanori KOHNO, Toshinori SATO

  Journal of MMIJ 138 (4) 44 - 50 2022/04 [Refereed]
  
• Seasonal effects of natural attenuation on drainage contamination from artisanal gold mining, Cambodia: Implication for passive treatment

  Sereyroith Tum, Kanako Toda, Tatsuya Matsui, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Sitha Kong, Panha Meas, Unsovath Ear, Yoko Ohtomo, Tsubasa Otake, Tsutomu Sato

  Science of The Total Environment 806 150398 - 150398 0048-9697 2022/02 [Refereed]
  
• Mineralogical evolution of a weathering profile in the Tagaung Taung Ni laterite deposit: significance of smectite in the formation of high-grade Ni ore in Myanmar

  Ayaka Murofushi, Tsubasa Otake, Kenzo Sanematsu, Kyaw Zay Ya, Akane Ito, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsutomu Sato

  Mineralium Deposita 0026-4598 2022/01/12 [Refereed]
  
• Solid-Phase Partitioning and Leaching Behavior of Pb and Zn from Playground Soils in Kabwe, Zambia.

  Walubita Mufalo, Pawit Tangviroon, Toshifumi Igarashi, Mayumi Ito, Tsutomu Sato, Meki Chirwa, Imasiku Nyambe, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Toxics 9 (10) 2021/10/04 [Refereed]
   

  Zambia's Kabwe mine wastes (KMWs) are responsible for contaminating the surrounding soil and dust in the Kabwe district. Unfortunately, these wastes arise from the historical mining activities of lead (Pb) and Zinc (Zn), which lacked adequate waste management strategies. As a result, potentially toxic elements (PTEs) (Pb and Zn) spread across the Kabwe district. To assess the soil pollution derived from previous mining activities, we studied topsoil samples (n = 8) from the school playground soils (SPs). In this study, the degree of contamination, geochemical partitioning, and leachability, coupled with the release and retention of Pb and Zn, were studied. The SPs were classified as extremely enriched (EF > 40) and contaminated with Pb (Igeo > 5). On average, Pb (up to 89%) and Zn (up to 69%) were bound with exchangeable, weak acid-soluble, reducible and oxidizable phases, which are considered as 'geochemically mobile' phases in the environment. The leachates from the soils (n = 5) exceeded the Zambian standard (ZS: 190:2010) for Pb in potable drinking water (Pb < 0.01 mg/L). Furthermore, the spatial distribution of Pb and Zn showed a significant reduction in contents of Pb and Zn with the distance from the mine area.
• Evaluation of dispersion of lead-bearing mine wastes in kabwe district, zambia

  Shinsaku Nakamura, Toshifumi Igarashi, Yoshitaka Uchida, Mayumi Ito, Kazuyo Hirose, Tsutomu Sato, Walubita Mufalo, Meki Chirwa, Imasiku Nyambe, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Minerals 11 (8) 2021/08 

  Dispersion of lead (Pb) in mine wastes was simulated for reproducing Pb contamination of soil in Kabwe District, Zambia. Local weather data of year 2019 were monitored in situ and used for the simulations. The plume model, weak puff model, and no puff model were adopted for calculation of Pb dispersion under different wind conditions. The results showed that Pb dispersion from the Kabwe mine was directly affected by wind directions and speeds in the dry season, although it was not appreciably affected in the rainy season. This may be because the source strength is lower in the rainy season due to higher water content of the surface. This indicates that Pb dispersion patterns depend on the season. In addition, the distribution of the amount of deposited Pb-bearing soils around the mine corresponded to the distribution of Pb contents in soils. These results suggest that Pb contamination in soils primarily results from dispersion of fine mine wastes.
• Geochemical constraints on the mobilization of Ni and critical metals in laterite deposits, Sulawesi, Indonesia: A mass‐balance approach

  Akane Ito, Tsubasa Otake, Adi Maulana, Kenzo Sanematsu, Sufriadin, Tsutomu Sato

  Resource Geology 71 (3) 255 - 282 1344-1698 2021/07 [Refereed]
  
• The formation of Fe colloids and layered double hydroxides as sequestration agents in the natural remediation of mine drainage

  Frances Chikanda, Tsubasa Otake, Aoi Koide, Akane Ito, Tsutomu Sato

  Science of The Total Environment 774 145183 - 145183 0048-9697 2021/06 [Refereed]
  
• Large Fe isotope fractionations in sulfide ores and ferruginous sedimentary rocks from the Kuroko volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits in the Hokuroku district, northeast Japan

  Tsubasa Otake, Ryoichi Yamada, Ryohei Suzuki, Shunsuke Nakamura, Akane Ito, Ki-Cheol Shin, Tsutomu Sato

  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 295 49 - 64 0016-7037 2021/02 [Refereed]
  
• Importance of temperature control in surrounding environment during permeability test for measuring hydraulic constants of rock

  M. Kato, Y. Nara, D. Fukuda, M. Kohno, Toshinori Sato, Tsutomu Sato, M. Takahashi

  Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan 70 (4) 300 - 306 0514-5163 2021 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Because rock masses serve as natural barriers for geological disposal of radioactive waste, information about rock permeability is essential. An understanding of the influence of the surrounding environment temperature on the results is necessary for highly accurate permeability measurements. Herein we describe how to perform precise permeability measurements. Then, to investigate the influence of the surrounding environment temperature, we show the results of permeability measurements under conditions with dramatic changes using the transient pulse method and a Toki granite sample obtained from Gifu Prefecture in central Japan. The measured permeability without a temperature change is used as a reference. A change in the surrounding environment temperature remarkably affects the pressure in the upstream and downstream reservoirs, their pressure difference, and the confining pressure. An increase in the experimental system temperature increases the pressure. This difference is directly related to the estimated permeability. To accurately measure the rock permeability, it is essential to minimize changes in the surrounding environment temperature because they significantly affect the pressure difference.
• Geochemical behaviour of heavy metals in sludge effluents and solid deposits on the Zambian Copperbelt: Implication for effluent treatment and sludge reuse

  Cryton Phiri, Daiki Shimazui, Tsubasa Otake, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Isaac Chintu, Meki Chirwa, Lawrence Kalaba, Imasiku Nyambe, Tsutomu Sato

  Science of The Total Environment 769 144342 - 144342 0048-9697 2020/12 [Refereed]
  
• Biosorption of Pb (II) and Zn (II) from aqueous solution by Oceanobacillus profundus isolated from an abandoned mine

  Wilson Mwandira, Kazunori Nakashima, Satoru Kawasaki, Allison Arabelo, Kawawa Banda, Imasiku Nyambe, Meki Chirwa, Mayumi Ito, Tsutomu Sato, Toshifumi Igarashi, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Scientific Reports 10 (1) 2020/12 [Refereed]
   

  The present study investigated biosorption of Pb (II) and Zn (II) using a heavy metal tolerant bacterium Oceanobacillus profundus KBZ 3-2 isolated from a contaminated site. The effects of process parameters such as effect on bacterial growth, pH and initial lead ion concentration were studied. The results showed that the maximum removal percentage for Pb (II) was 97% at an initial concentration of 50 mg/L whereas maximum removal percentage for Zn (II) was at 54% at an initial concentration of 2 mg/L obtained at pH 6 and 30 °C. The isolated bacteria were found to sequester both Pb (II) and Zn (II) in the extracellular polymeric substance (EPS). The EPS facilitates ion exchange and metal chelation-complexation by virtue of the existence of ionizable functional groups such as carboxyl, sulfate, and phosphate present in the protein and polysaccharides. Therefore, the use of indigenous bacteria in the remediation of contaminated water is an eco-friendly way of solving anthropogenic contamination.
• Effect of Soil Organic Matters in Dredged Soils to Utilization of their Mixtures Made with a Steel Slag

  Kanako Toda, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Tsubasa Otake, Satoshi Nishimura, Yuzoh Akashi, Michihiro Aimoto, Takeshi Kokado, Tsutomu Sato

  Materials 13 (23) 5450 - 5450 2020/11/30 [Refereed]
   

  Dredged soils have been used as construction materials by alkaline activation with steel slag (steel slag-dredged soil mixtures) at harbors. Such mixtures develop strength chiefly by calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) formation by the pozzolanic reaction. However, the strength of such mixtures is unpredictable, and in some cases, mixtures have been too soft for the intended engineering application. An identification of strength development indicators would accelerate evaluation processes for strength development to facilitate and promote the utilization of such materials. This paper focuses on the relationship between the characteristics of soil organic matters in dredged soils and the strength development of the mixtures by a comparison of eight dredged soils collected from eight different Japanese harbors. The characteristics of the soil organic matters were identified to determine as indicators of mixtures with weak strength development, i.e., enriched sulfur content in extracted soil organic matter (humic acid) fraction, and the N/C ratio of humic acid similar to land humic acid standards. Increases in the validated fraction of dredged soils and steel slag by replacing fractions disadvantageous to construction resources would contribute to reduce waste production, which would lower the environmental impact of the use, aiming to achieve sustainable utilization of such materials.
• Encapsulation of Sr-loaded titanate spent adsorbents in potassium aluminosilicate geopolymer

  Natatsawas Soonthornwiphat, Yutaro Kobayashi, Kanako Toda, Kazuma Kuroda, Chaerun Raudhatul Islam, Tsubasa Otake, Yogarajah Elakneswaran, John L. Provis, Tsutomu Sato

  Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology 57 (10) 1181 - 1188 0022-3131 2020/10/02 [Refereed]
  
• Immobilization of Lead and Zinc Leached from Mining Residual Materials in Kabwe, Zambia: Possibility of Chemical Immobilization by Dolomite, Calcined Dolomite, and Magnesium Oxide

  Pawit Tangviroon, Kenta Noto, Toshifumi Igarashi, Takeshi Kawashima, Mayumi Ito, Tsutomu Sato, Walubita Mufalo, Meki Chirwa, Imasiku Nyambe, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  MINERALS 10 (9) 2020/09 [Refereed]
   

  Massive amount of highly contaminated mining residual materials (MRM) has been left unattended and has leached heavy metals, particularly lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) to the surrounding environments. Thus, the performance of three immobilizers, raw dolomite (RD), calcined dolomite (CD), and magnesium oxide (MO), was evaluated using batch experiments to determine their ability to immobilize Pb and Zn, leached from MRM. The addition of immobilizers increased the leachate pH and decreased the amounts of dissolved Pb and Zn to different extents. The performance of immobilizers to immobilize Pb and Zn followed the following trend: MO > CD > RD. pH played an important role in immobilizing Pb and Zn. Dolomite in RD could slightly raise the pH of the MRM leachate. Therefore, the addition of RD immobilized Pb and Zn via adsorption and co-precipitation, and up to 10% of RD addition did not reduce the concentrations of Pb and Zn to be lower than the effluent standards in Zambia. In contrast, the presence of magnesia in CD and MO significantly contributed to the rise of leachate pH to the value where it was sufficient to precipitate hydroxides of Pb and Zn and decrease their leaching concentrations below the regulated values. Even though MO outperformed CD, by considering the local availability of RD to produce CD, CD could be a potential immobilizer to be implemented in Zambia.
• Formation of Natural Silicate Hydrates by the Interaction of Alkaline Seepage and Sediments Derived from Serpentinized Ultramafic Rocks at Narra, Palawan, the Philippines

  Misato Shimbashi, Shingo Yokoyama, Yasutaka Watanabe, Tsutomu Sato, Tsubasa Otake, Ryosuke Kikuchi, Minoru Yamakawa, Naoki Fujii

  Minerals 10 (8) 719 - 719 2020/08/17 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  In radioactive waste disposal facilities, low-permeability engineered barrier materials are important for inhibiting radionuclide migration. However, dissolution–precipitation reactions under alkaline conditions change the permeability of engineered barriers. To understand long-term dissolution–precipitation reactions under alkaline conditions in chemically complex systems, trenches and drill holes were excavated at Narra in Palawan, where alkaline fluids (pH > 11) have been naturally produced, seeping into clastic sediments derived from serpentinized ultramafic rocks and gabbro of Palawan ophiolite. Interaction between the alkaline seepage and clastic sediments, which have been deposited since 15,000 radiocarbon years before present (14C yr BP), led to dissolution of minerals and the precipitation of Si-bearing phases which were divided into two main categories: Fe-Mg-Si infillings and Ca-Si infillings. The former category was composed of iron-magnesium-silicate-hydrate (F-M-S-H) and a nontronite-like mineral and was widely recognized in the clastic sediments. The nontronite-like mineral likely formed by interaction between silicates and alkaline seepage mixed with infiltrated seawater, whereas F-M-S-H formed by the reaction of silicates with alkaline seepage in the absence of seawater infiltration. Ca-Si infillings included 14 Å tobermorite and were precipitated from alkaline seepage combined with the Ca and Si supplied by the dissolution of calcite and silicates in the clastic sediments.
• Detoxification of lead-bearing zinc plant leach residues from Kabwe, Zambia by coupled extraction-cementation method

  Marthias Silwamba, Mayumi Ito, Naoki Hiroyoshi, Carlito Baltazar Tabelin, Tomoki Fukushima, Ilhwan Park, Sanghee Jeon, Toshifumi Igarashi, Tsutomu Sato, Imasiku Nyambe, Meki Chirwa, Kawawa Banda, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 8 (4) 2020/08 [Refereed]
   

  Zinc plant leach residues (ZPLRs) are hazardous solid wastes generated from zinc metal production owing to their substantial contents of lead (Pb), a toxic heavy metal. This study investigated the detoxification of historic ZPLRs from Kabwe, Zambia by removing Pb using a coupled extraction-cementation method in chloride media. For the coupled extraction-cementation method, micro-scale zero-valent iron (mZVI) was added during ZPLRs leaching in acidified chloride solution. Cemented Pb on the surface of mZVI was recovered easily from the leaching pulp by magnetic separation. Pb removal was evaluated in different solution compositions (NaCl:1-5.13 M, HCl: 0-0.1 M) with and without the addition of mZVI. The addition of mZVI during ZPLRs leaching (i.e., coupled extraction-cementation) increased Pb removal from 3% to 24%, 1.3% to 27.5%, 5.2% to 34.9%, and 6.5% to 55.8% when NaCl concentration was fixed at 0.86 M and HCl concentrations were 0 M, 0.01 M, 0.05 M and 0.1 M, respectively. When NaCl concentration was increased above 3.42 M and HCl maintained at 0.1 M HCl, Pb removal increased to 80%. Analysis of the Pb-loaded mZVI (magnetic fraction) by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) revealed that Pb was recovered during leaching via cementation as Pb degrees. The toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP) and in vitro solubility and bioavailability research consortium gastric phase (SBRC-G) tests for Pb of ZPLRs before and after treatment decreased drastically from 11.3 to 3.5 mg/L (below 5 mg/L threshold) and 12 300 to 2 840 mg/Kg, respectively.
• Cellulose-metallothionein biosorbent for removal of Pb(II) and Zn(II) from polluted water

  Wilson Mwandira, Kazunori Nakashima, Yuki Togo, Tsutomu Sato, Satoru Kawasaki

  Chemosphere 246 1879-1298 2020/05/01 

  Intake of toxic trace elements in drinking water can lead to adverse health effects. To remove toxic trace elements from water, we developed a novel biosorbent composed of cellulose and a fusion protein. The fusion protein was constructed from metallothionein (MT) and a carbohydrate-binding module (CBM), where CBM can bind to cellulose while MT can capture heavy metal ions in solution. In a batch experiment, the biosorbent had maximum biosorption capacities for Pb(II) and Zn(II) ions of 39.02 mg/g and 29.28 mg/g, respectively. Furthermore, the biosorbent could be used in a semi-continuous system and showed good regeneration and recyclability. Both cellulose and the MT-CBM are environmentally friendly and renewable materials, and this biosorbent has great potential for efficient removal of toxic trace elements from polluted water.
• Recovery of Lead and Zinc from Zinc Plant Leach Residues by Concurrent Dissolution-Cementation Using Zero-Valent Aluminum in Chloride Medium

  Marthias Silwamba, Mayumi Ito, Naoki Hiroyoshi, Carlito Baltazar Tabelin, Ryota Hashizume, Tomoki Fukushima, Ilhwan Park, Sanghee Jeon, Toshifumi Igarashi, Tsutomu Sato, Meki Chirwa, Kawawa Banda, Imasiku Nyambe, Hokuto Nakata, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Metals 10 (4) 531 - 531 2020/04/20 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Zinc plant leach residues (ZPLRs) contain significant amounts of metal compounds of lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), etc., hence, they are considered as a secondary source of metals. On the other hand, ZPLRs are regarded as hazardous materials because they contain heavy metals that pollute the environment. Resources and environmental concerns of ZPLRs were addressed in this study by removing/recovering Pb and Zn using a concurrent dissolution and cementation technique. To cement the dissolved Pb and Zn in leaching pulp, zero-valent aluminum (ZVAl) was added during ZPLRs leaching in the hydrochloric (HCl)–sodium chloride (NaCl) solution. The resulting cemented metals were agglomerated and separated by sieving. Lead removal increased with increasing both NaCl and HCl concentrations. However, when ZVAl was added, significant Pb removal was achieved at a low concentration. Zinc was not cemented out of the pulp using ZVAl and its recovery from ZPLRs was dependent on the HCl concentration only. By applying a concurrent dissolution and cementation technique, both Pb and Zn were removed using a low concentration of NaCl, and most importantly Pb—the most toxic metal in ZPLRs—was captured and separated before the solid-liquid separation, hence, eliminating the need for extensive washing of the generated residues to remove the inherent residual solution.
• Geochemical characteristics of ores and surface waters for environmental risk assessment in the Pinpet iron deposit, southern Shan State, Myanmar

  K. Zay Ya, T. Otake, A. Koide, K. Sanematsu, T. Sato

  Resource Geology 70 2020/02 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Solidification of sand by Pb(II)-tolerant bacteria for capping mine waste to control metallic dust: Case of the abandoned Kabwe Mine, Zambia.

  Mwandira W, Nakashima K, Kawasaki S, Ito M, Sato T, Igarashi T, Chirwa M, Banda K, Nyambe I, Nakayama S, Nakata H, Ishizuka M

  Chemosphere 228 17 - 25 0045-6535 2019/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Environmental impacts resulting from historic lead and zinc mining in Kabwe, Zambia affect human health due to the dust generated from the mine waste that contains lead, a known hazardous pollutant. We employed microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP), an alternative capping method, to prevent dust generation and reduce the mobility of contaminants. Pb-resistant Oceanobacillus profundus KBZ 1–3 and O. profundus KBZ 2–5 isolated from Kabwe were used to biocement the sand that would act as a cover to prevent dust and water infiltration. Sand biocemented by KBZ 1–3 and KBZ 2–5 had maximum unconfined compressive strength values of 3.2 MPa and 5.5 MPa, respectively. Additionally, biocemented sand exhibited reduced water permeability values of 9.6 × 10−8 m/s and 8.9 × 10−8 m/s for O. profundus KBZ 1–3 and KBZ 2–5, respectively, which could potentially limit the entrance of water and oxygen into the dump, hence reducing the leaching of heavy metals. We propose that these isolates represent an option for bioremediating contaminated waste by preventing both metallic dust from becoming airborne and rainwater from infiltrating into the waste. O. profundus KBZ 1–3 and O. profundus KBZ 2–5 isolated form Kabwe represent a novel species that has, for the first time, been applied in a bioremediation study.
• Magmatic-hydrothermal processes associated with Rare Earth Element enrichment in the Kangankunde carbonatite complex, Malawi

  F. Chikanda, T. Otake, Y. Ohtomo, A. Ito, T. D. Yokoyama, T. Sato

  Minerals 9 (7) 442  2019/07 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Carbonatites undergo various magmatic-hydrothermal processes during their evolution that are important for the enrichment of rare earth elements (REE). This geochemical, petrographic, and multi-isotope study on the Kangankunde carbonatite, the largest light REE resource in the Chilwa Alkaline Province in Malawi, clarifies the critical stages of REE mineralization in this deposit. The delta Fe-56 values of most of the carbonatite lies within the magmatic field despite variations in the proportions of monazite, ankerite, and ferroan dolomite. Exsolution of a hydrothermal fluid from the carbonatite melts is evident based on the higher delta Fe-56 of the fenites, as well as the textural and compositional zoning in monazite. Field and petrographic observations, combined with geochemical data (REE patterns, and Fe, C, and O isotopes), suggest that the key stage of REE mineralization in the Kangankunde carbonatite was the late magmatic stage with an influence of carbothermal fluids i.e. magmatic-hydrothermal stage, when large (similar to 200 mu m), well-developed monazite crystals grew. The C and O isotope compositions of the carbonatite suggest a post-magmatic alteration by hydrothermal fluids, probably after the main REE mineralization stage, as the alteration occurs throughout the carbonatite but particularly in the dark carbonatites.
• Efficacy of biocementation of lead mine waste from the Kabwe Mine site evaluated using Pararhodobacter sp.

  Wilson Mwandira, Kazunori Nakashima, Satoru Kawasaki, Mayumi Ito, Tsutomu Sato, Toshifumi Igarashi, Kawawa Banda, Meki Chirwa, Imasiku Nyambe, Shouta Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

  Environmental science and pollution research international 26 (15) 15653 - 15664 2019/05 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Biocementation of hazardous waste is used in reducing the mobility of contaminants, but studies on evaluating its efficacy have not been well documented. Therefore, to evaluate the efficacy of this method, physicochemical factors affecting stabilized hazardous products of in situ microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) were determined. The strength and leach resistance were investigated using the bacterium Pararhodobacter sp. Pb-contaminated kiln slag (KS) and leach plant residue (LPR) collected from Kabwe, Zambia, were investigated. Biocemented KS and KS/LPR had leachate Pb concentrations below the detection limit of < 0.001 mg/L, resisted slaking, and had maximum unconfined compressive strengths of 8 MPa for KS and 4 MPa for KS/LPR. Furthermore, biocemented KS and KS/LPR exhibited lower water absorption coefficient values, which could potentially reduce the water transportation of Pb2+. The results of this study show that MICP can reduce Pb2+ mobility in mine wastes. The improved physicochemical properties of the biocemented materials, therefore, indicates that this technique is an effective tool in stabilizing hazardous mine wastes and, consequently, preventing water and soil contamination.
• Correction: Toda, k., et al. Key factors affecting strength development of steel slag-dredged soil mixtures. (Minerals (2018), 8(5), 174)

  Kanako Toda, Haruna Sato, Nilan Weerakoon, Tsubasa Otake, Satoshi Nishimura, Tsutomu Sato

  Minerals 8 (10) 2075-163X 2018/10/22 

  The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1]: Toda, K. Sato, H. Weerakoon, N. Otake, T. Nishimura, S. Sato, T. Key Factors Affecting Strength Development of Steel Slag-Dredged Soil Mixtures. Minerals 2018, 8, 174. 1. Change in Main Body Paragraphs On page 2 of 16, lines 90–91, the sentence “Purified humic acid content was highest in soil D (2.04%) followed by C (1.23%), A (1.02%) and B (0.74%)” should be “Purified humic acid content was highest in soil D (0.30%) followed by B (0.20%), C (0.14%) and A (0.09%)”. Consequently, on page 11 of 16, lines 320–322, the sentence “This suggests that the content of humic acids in soils A, B, C and D (0.74–2.04%) is not sufficient to act as a pH buffer” should be “This suggests that the content of humic acids in soils A, B, C and D (0.09–0.30%) is not sufficient to act as a pH buffer”. These changes have no material impact on the conclusions of our paper. We apologize to our readers. 2. Change in Table Due to mislabeling, replace Table 2: Table 2. Mineral dissolution rates and surface areas of silica-bearing phases loaded in the geochemical modeling as reactants. (Table presented). Table 2. Mineral dissolution rates and surface areas of silica-bearing phases loaded in the geochemical modeling as reactants. (Table presented).
• Radiocesium distribution in aggregate-size fractions of cropland and forest soils affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident

  Jun Koarashi, Syusaku Nishimura, Mariko Atarashi-Andoh, Takeshi Matsunaga, Tsutomu Sato, Seiya Nagao

  Chemosphere 205 147 - 155 1879-1298 2018/08/01 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident caused serious radiocesium (137Cs) contamination in soils in a range of terrestrial ecosystems. It is well documented that the interaction of 137Cs with soil constituents, particularly clay minerals, in surface soil layers exerts strong control on the behavior of this radionuclide in the environment however, there is little understanding of how soil aggregation—the binding of soil particles together into aggregates—can affect the mobility and bioavailability of 137Cs in soils. To explore this, soil samples were collected at seven sites under different land-use conditions in Fukushima and were separated into four aggregate-size fractions: clay-sized (< 2 μm) silt-sized (2–20 μm) sand-sized (20–212 μm) and macroaggregates (212–2000 μm). The fractions were then analyzed for 137Cs content and extractability and mineral composition. In forest soils, aggregate formation was significant, and 69%–83% of 137Cs was associated with macroaggregates and sand-sized aggregates. In contrast, there was less aggregation in agricultural field soils, and approximately 80% of 137Cs was in the clay- and silt-sized fractions. Across all sites, the 137Cs extractability was higher in the sand-sized aggregate fractions than in the clay-sized fractions. Mineralogical analysis showed that, in most soils, clay minerals (vermiculite and kaolinite) were present even in the larger-sized aggregate fractions. These results demonstrate that larger-sized aggregates are a significant reservoir of potentially mobile and bioavailable 137Cs in organic-rich (forest and orchard) soils. Our study suggests that soil aggregation reduces the mobility of particle-associated 137Cs through erosion and resuspension and also enhances the bioavailability of 137Cs in soils.
• Mechanisms of Se(IV) Co-precipitation with Ferrihydrite at Acidic and Alkaline Conditions and Its Behavior during Aging

  Paul Clarence M. Francisco, Tsutomu Sato, Tsubasa Otake, Takeshi Kasama, Shinichi Suzuki, Hideaki Shiwaku, Tsuyoshi Yaita

  Environmental Science and Technology 52 (8) 4817 - 4826 1520-5851 2018/04/17 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Understanding the form of Se(IV) co-precipitated with ferrihydrite and its subsequent behavior during phase transformation is critical to predicting its long-term fate in a range of natural and engineered settings. In this work, Se(IV)-ferrihydrite co-precipitates formed at different pH were characterized with chemical extraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) to determine how Se(IV) is associated with ferrihydrite. Results show that despite efficient removal, the mode and stability of Se(IV) retention in the co-precipitates varied with pH. At pH 5, Se(IV) was removed dominantly as a ferric selenite-like phase intimately associated with ferrihydrite, while at pH 10, it was mostly present as a surface species on ferrihydrite. Similarly, the behavior of Se(IV) and the extent of its retention during phase transformation varied with pH. At pH 5, Se(IV) remained completely associated with the solid phase despite the phase change, whereas it was partially released back into solution at pH 10. Regardless of this difference in behavior, TEM and XAS results show that Se(IV) was retained within the crystalline post-aging products and possibly occluded in nanopore and defect structures. These results demonstrate a potential long-term immobilization pathway for Se(IV) even after phase transformation. This work presents one of the first direct insights on Se(IV) co-precipitation and its behavior in response to iron phase transformations.
• Dissolved silica effects on adsorption and Co-precipitation of Sb(III) and Sb(V) with ferrihydrite

  Shuang Zhou, Tsutomu Sato, Tsubasa Otake

  Minerals 8 (3) 101  2075-163X 2018/03/05 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Elevated antimony concentrations in aqueous environments from anthropogenic sources are becoming of global concern. In this respect iron oxides are known to strongly adsorb aqueous antimony species with different oxidation states, but the effect of silica on the removal characteristics is not well understood despite being a common component in the environment. In this study, ferrihydrite was synthesized at various Si/Fe molar ratios to investigate its adsorption and co-precipitation behaviors with aqueous antimony anionic species, Sb(III) and Sb(V). The X-ray diffraction analyses of the precipitates showed two broad diffraction features at approximately 35° and 62° 2θ, which are characteristics of 2-line ferrihydrite, but no significant shifts in peak positions in the ferrihydrite regardless of the Si/Fe ratios. The infrared spectra showed a sharp band at ~930 cm−1, corresponding to asymmetric stretching vibrations of Si–O–Fe bonds which increased in intensity with increasing Si/Fe molar ratios. Further, the surface charge on the precipitates became more negative with increasing Si/Fe molar ratios. The adsorption experiments indicated that Sb(V) was preferentially adsorbed under acidic conditions which decreased dramatically with increasing pH while the adsorption rate of Sb(III) ions was independent of pH. However, the presence of silica suppressed the adsorption of both Sb(III) and Sb(V) ions. The results showed that Sb(III) and Sb(V) ions were significantly inhibited by co-precipitation with ferrihydrite even in the presence of silica by isomorphous substitution in the ferrihydrite crystal structure.
• Application of transient pulse method to permeability measurement for clay

  Masaji Kato, Yoshitaka Nara, Yuki Okazaki, Masanori Kohno, Toshinori Sato, Tsutomu Sato, Manabu Takahashi

  Zairyo/Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan 67 (3) 318 - 323 1880-7488 2018/03/01 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  To ensure the safe geological disposal of radioactive wastes, it is important to determine the permeability of clays. The transient pulse test is suitable to apply to the low permeability materials, because it takes relatively short term to determine the permeability. Usually we increase the upstream pore pressure in the measurement with the transient pulse test. However, it is impossible to determine the permeability of clay in this procedure because of the increase of pore pressure. Therefore, the transient pulse test has never been applied to the determination of permeability of clays. In this study, we tried to apply the transient pulse test to a clay obtained in Mizunami Underground Research Laboratory to determine the permeability with decreasing the downstream pore pressure. It was clarified that the transient pulse test with decreasing downstream pore pressure is appropriate from the measurement of granite. It was shown that the permeability of a clay was determined by the transient pulse test with decreasing the downstream pore pressure, which agreed with the permeability determined from the falling head test. The measurement time of the transient pulse test is much shorter than that of the falling head test. It is concluded that the transient pulse test is appropriate for the determination of the permeability of clays.
• Effect of dissolved silica on immobilization of boron by magnesium oxide

  Shoko Nozawa, Tsutomu Sato, Tsubasa Otake

  Minerals 8 (2) 76  2075-163X 2018/02/24 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The effect of silica on the immobilization reaction of boron by magnesium oxide was investigated by laboratory experiments. In the absence of silica, due to dissolution of the magnesium oxide, boron was removed from solutions by the precipitation of multiple magnesium borates. In the presence of silica, magnesium silica hydrate (M-S-H) was formed as a secondary mineral, which takes up boron. Here11 B magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS-NMR) and Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FT-IR) data show that a part of the boron would be incorporated into M-S-H structures by isomorphic substitution of silicon. Another experiment where magnesium oxide and amorphous silica were reacted beforehand and boron was added later showed that the shorter the reaction time of the preceding reaction, the higher the sorption ratio of boron. That is, boron was incorporated into the M-S-H mainly by coprecipitation. The experiments in the study here show that the sorption of boron in the presence of silica is mainly due to the incorporation of boron during the formation of the M-S-H structure, which suggests that boron would not readily leach out, and that stable immobilization of boron can be expected.
• Fulvic acid anchored layered double hydroxides: A multifunctional composite adsorbent for the removal of anionic dye and toxic metal

  Lei Li, Guangxia Qi, Bangda Wang, Dongbei Yue, Yi Wang, Tsutomu Sato

  JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 343 19 - 28 0304-3894 2018/02 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  A novel multifunctional composite adsorbent which possesses the ability for anion exchange and toxic metal complexation has been synthesized by the hybridization of layered double hydroxides (LDH) and fulvic acid (FA) in this study. The results show that FA with lots of functional groups can be effectively and stably anchored on the surface of LDH through coagulation process without occupying the interlayer of LDH. Therefore, the anion exchange ability remains and the adsorption capacity of Orange II can reach 1.9 mmol/g, which is almost as much as stoichiometric anion exchange capacity of pure LDH. Moreover, the composite adsorbent's adsorption capacity of Cu2+, Pb2+, Ni2+ and Cd2+ can also get to 2.25 mmol/g, 0.98 mmol/g, 0.99 mmol/g and 0.16 mmol/g respectively with an adsorption preference order of Cu2+ > Pb2+ > Ni2+ > Cd2+. In addition, Orange II and toxic metals are able to be simultaneously removed by this composite adsorbent, and the adsorption of toxic metals can be enhanced by the synergetic adsorption of Orange II. Anion exchange with Cl- in LDH matrix accounts for the adsorption of Orange II, while the adsorption of toxic metal is mainly attributed to the complexation of carboxyl functional group derived from FA. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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• Comparison of strontium retardation for kaolinite, illite, vermiculite and allophane

  Zigong Ning, Munehide Ishiguro, Luuk K. Koopal, Tsutomu Sato, Jun’ichi Kashiwagi

  J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 317 409 - 419 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Stiffness and strength mobilization in steel slag-mixed dredged clays in early curing

  Weerakoon, N, Nishimura, S, Sato, H, Toda, K, Sato, T, Arai, Y

  Ground Improvement AoP 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• ナチュラルアナログ研究のすゝめ

  佐藤 努

  原子力バックエンド研究 25 (2) 113 - 118 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Permeability of granite including macro-fracture naturally filled with fine-grained minerals

  Nara, Y, Kato, M, Niri, R, Kohno, M, Sato, T, Fukuda, D, Sato, T, Takahashi, M

  Pure and Applied Geophysics. 175 (3) 917 - 927 0033-4553 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Information on the permeability of rock is essential for various geoengineering projects, such as geological disposal of radioactive wastes, hydrocarbon extraction, and natural hazard risk mitigation. It is especially important to investigate how fractures and pores influence the physical and transport properties of rock. Infiltration of groundwater through the damage zone fills fractures in granite with fine-grained minerals. However, the permeability of rock possessing a fracture naturally filled with fine-grained mineral grains has yet to be investigated. In this study, the permeabilities of granite samples, including a macro-fracture filled with clay and a mineral vein, are investigated. The permeability of granite with a fine-grained mineral vein agrees well with that of the intact sample, whereas the permeability of granite possessing a macro-fracture filled with clay is lower than that of the macro-fractured sample. The decrease in the permeability is due to the filling of fine-grained minerals and clay in the macro-fracture. It is concluded that the permeability of granite increases due to the existence of the fractures, but decreases upon filling them with fine-grained minerals.
• Dissolution Behavior of Lead Borate Glass under Simulated Geological Disposal Conditions

  Atsushi Mukunoki, Takahiro Kikuchi, Tamotsu Chiba, Tomofumi Sakuragi, Toshihiro Kogure, Tsutomu Sato

  MRS Advances 3 (21) 1139 - 1145 2059-8521 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Development of an iodine immobilization technique that can fix radioactive iodine in waste form for a long period and constrain its leaching into pore water is necessary in order to secure the long-term safety of geological disposal of transuranic (TRU) waste. Lead borate glass vitrified at a low temperature is regarded as one of the promising immobilization materials of Iodine-129 which will be removed from spent AgI filters generated from reprocessing plants and may have a significant effect on long term safety of geological disposal. Leaching experiments in bentonite-equilibrium water have been conducted to understand the lead borate glass dissolution behaviors in possible geological disposal conditions. Boron dissolved with the highest rate in all types of the solutions and was regarded as an index element to represent the glass dissolution rate. On the other hand, lead dissolved with a far slower rate. The chemical species and possible precipitating minerals of lead were examined by a geochemical calculation code for typical underground water. Altered glass surfaces were investigated by SEM, TEM and XRD. XRD analysis showed that the main constituent phase of the altered layer was hydrocerussite, Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2, that was predicted by the geochemical simulation as well.
• Key factors affecting strength development of steel slag-dredged soil mixtures

  Toda, K, Sato, H, Weerakoon, N, Otake, T, Nishimura, S, Sato, T

  Minerals 8 (5) 174 - 174 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Application of the transient pulse method to measure clay permeability

  Kato, M, Nara, Y, Okazaki, Y, Kohno, M, Sato, T, Sato, T, Takahashi, M

  Materials Transaction 59 (9) 1427 - 1432 2018 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Applied mineralogy for recovery from the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

  Tsutomu Sato

  Highlights in Applied Mineralogy 153 - 169 2017/12/18 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Effect of Flowing Water on Sr Sorption Changes of Hydrous Sodium Titanate

  Youko Takahatake, Atsuhiro Shibata, Kazunori Nomura, Tsutomu Sato

  MINERALS 7 (12) 247 - 261 2075-163X 2017/12 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Radioactive contaminated water has been generated at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power station (F1NPS). Hydrous sodium titanate (SrTreat (R)) is able to remove radioactive Strontium (Sr) from this water. Knowing the amount of radioactive nuclides in the used as-received SrTreat (R) is important for effective disposal and deposition of the F1NPS waste. This study investigated changes in the ability of SrTreat (R) to sorb Sr, and to understand the causes of changes in the sorbing. An investigation of the Sr sorption ability of SrTreat (R) is important for calculating the initial radioactive inventory of used SrTreat (R). This study carries out Sr sorption studies with acid-base titrations and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to characterize the properties. After exposure to simulated treated water for 99 h, the surface structure of the SrTreat (R) was changed, and the percentage of sorbed Sr and the buffer capacity for protons decreased. When the amount of radioactive nuclides contained in the used SrTreat (R) is calculated from the sorption data of the as-received SrTreat (R), the radioactive Sr content will be overestimated with a concomitant increase in the deposition and disposal costs of the used SrTreat (R).
• Geochemical signatures and processes in a stream contaminated by heavy mineral processing near Ipoh city, Malaysia

  Akane Ito, Tsubasa Otake, Ki-Cheol Shin, Kamar Shah Ariffin, Fei-Yee Yeoh, Tsutomu Sato

  APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY 82 89 - 101 0883-2927 2017/07 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The environmental impacts of a heavy mineral processing involving rare earth elements (REEs) in the Kinta River and its tributaries near Ipoh city in Malaysia is investigated using geochemical and isotopic signatures and geochemical modeling. Analysis of water, sediment, suspended particulate matter, and rock samples reveals that stream waters close to the heavy mineral processing plant site are anthropogenically influenced, as indicated by slightly low pH (4.98-6.24) and elevated concentrations of Fe (up to 129 mg/L), Cl- (1540 mg/L), total REEs (1580 mu g/L), U (17.2 mu g/L), and Th (0.33 mu g/L). REE patterns and Pb isotope ratios of waters and sediments from a tributary are similar to those of tailings pond seepage and sediments, suggesting that not only these elements but also U and Th are derived from heavy mineral processing. The delta Fe-56 values of water in the tributary decrease downstream, accompanied by a decrease in Fe concentration, which is likely due to isotope fractionation via oxidative precipitation of Fe hydroxides. The concentrations of REEs, U, and Th decrease downstream, accompanied by an increase in pH, with different removal factors (Th > U > REEs). The influence of contamination is confined to within similar to 1.5 km downstream of the source. Tamm's acid oxalate extraction (to dissolve only low crystalline phases) showed that Th and Al concentrations were lower while U and Fe concentrations were higher in downstream suspended particulate samples, suggesting that Th and U may be removed by different mechanisms from stream water. The results of geochemical modeling suggest that Th precipitated as a solid phase, such as an intermediate between ThO2 and Th(OH)(4), with increasing stream water pH. In contrast, U may have been removed by adsorption onto Fe hydroxides, as supported by surface complexation modeling. The geochemical signatures and processes discussed in this study may be applicable for environmental assessment of REE processing. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• A novel method for remediation of nickel containing wastewater at neutral conditions

  Haruko Hase, Toru Nishiuchi, Tsutomu Sato, Tsubasa Otake, Tsuyoshi Yaita, Tohru Kobayashi, Tetsuro Yoneda

  JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 329 49 - 56 0304-3894 2017/05 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Heavy metals contained in wastewater are generally removed by adding antalkaline to increase the pH, and Ni is commonly precipitated as Ni-hydroxides at pH 10. However, a more sustainable remediation method of treatment at neutral conditions would be attractive due to the high cost of chemical reagents and inefficient treatment at present. Based on natural attenuation, the method of adding Al ions has been used in wastewater treatment to precipitate layered double hydroxides (LDH). Here, we investigated the use of Al ion addition in the Ni containing wastewater treatment, experimentally and thermodynamically. By co-precipitation experiments adding Al ions to Ni-containing water, Ni was selectively incorporated into the structure of LDH, and the removal efficiency of Ni was close to 100% even in pH 7 and 8 samples (lower pH than conventional methods) with initial Ni concentrations of 200-10,000 mg/L. Geochemical modeling results replicate the experimental results well when the Al/Ni ratio of LDH is assumed to be 0.33. This model makes it possible to estimate the amount of Al ions and additive agents necessary for use in treatment of wastewater containing different Ni concentrations. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Microscopic observations of chromian spinel synthesized in a low temperature hydrothermal environment

  Nishikata Miu, Ohtomo Yoko, Otake Tsubasa, Kimura Yuki, Kawamoto Daisuke, Sato Tsutomu

  Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan 一般社団法人日本地球化学会 64 310 - 310 2017 

• Microstructure and geochemistry of organic matters in banded iron formations, Moodies Group, Barberton Green stone Belt, South Africa

  Nakajima Ryo, Ohtomo Yoko, Otake Tsubasa, Kakegawa Takeshi, Sato Tsutomu

  Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan 一般社団法人日本地球化学会 64 308 - 308 2017 

• Laboratory estimation of stiffness and strength mobilization in steel slag-mixed dredged clays with curing time

  Weerakoon, N, Nishimura, S, Sato, H, Toda, K, Sato, T, Arai, Y

  Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Ground Improvement and Ground Control, Hangzhou 2017 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Key Factors of Metastable Formation For Strength Development In Steel Slag-Dredged Soil Mixtures

  Toda, K, Otake, T, Sato, T, Weerakoon, N, Sato, H, Nishimura S

  International Symposium on Earth Resources Management & Environment, Colombo 2017 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Effect of silica-bearing phases in dredged soil on the strength development of steel slag-dredged soil mixtures

  Toda, K, Arai, Y, Otake, T, Sato, T, Weerakoon, N, Sato, H, Nishimura S

  16th International Clay Conference, Granada 2017 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Factors Affecting to the Viscosity of Montmorillonite/Water Suspension(3)Modes of Particle Association in Montmorillonite Suspensions

  鈴木啓三, 佐藤努, 米田哲朗

  粘土科学 日本粘土学会 55 (2) 31 - 41 0470-6455 2017 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Geochemical Factors for Secondary Mineral Formation at Naturally-Occurring Hyperalkaline Spring in Oman Ophiolite

  安楽総太郎, 松原勇武, 森本和也, 佐藤努

  粘土科学 日本粘土学会 55 (2) 17 - 30 0470-6455 2017 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Strontium adsorption and penetration in kaolinite at low Sr2+ concentration

  Zigong Ning, Munehide Ishiguro, Luuk K. Koopal, Tsutomu Sato, Jun'ichi Kashiwagi

  SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION 63 (1) 14 - 17 0038-0768 2017 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Behavior of radioactive strontium (Sr2+) in contaminated soils is an important issue in relation to nuclear power plant accidents. The Sr2+ adsorption on kaolinite and its migration in a kaolinite soil were investigated because toxic effects of radioactive Sr2+ have been found to be very severe for living organisms at low Sr2+ concentrations. Adsorption isotherms of Sr2+ on kaolinite at different salt (NaCl) concentration and pH were obtained by the batch method. The calculated distribution coefficients (K-D) ranged between 600 and 40,000 L kg(-1), which showed a strong preference for the adsorbed phase. The results were used to evaluate the ratio (r) of penetration length of Sr2+ relative to that of water in a model kaolinite soil. When the Sr2+ solution was percolated constantly into the kaolinite soil, the penetration of Sr2+ was delayed strongly at low Sr2+ concentration due to adsorption. The Sr2+ penetration length was only 0.001-0.056 of the water penetration length at pH 6.5 (0.1-10 mmol L-1 NaCl). At pH 4.1 (1 mmol L-1 NaCl) the effect was about 17 times less than at pH 6.5 (1 mmol L-1 NaCl). Under all conditions, the Sr2+ penetration increased when the Sr2+ concentration increased due to the KD decrease. The Sr2+ isotherms could be fitted well to the Langmuir adsorption equation, which indicates that only one site type is involved in the Sr2+ adsorption.
• icrostructural properties of hardened cement paste blended with coal fly ash, sugar mill lime sludge and rice hull ash

  Opiso, E, Sato, Otake, T

  Advances in Concrete Construction, 5 (3) 289 - 301 2017 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Adsorption and post adsorption behavior of schwertmannite with various oxyanions

  Khamphila, K, Kodama, R, Sato, T, Otake, T

  J. Min. and Mat. Character. Eng. 5 90 - 106 2017 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• 土壌のpH緩衝作用とそのモデリング

  佐藤努, 野澤笑子, 西田崇人

  土壌の物理性 135 41 - 46 2017 [Refereed][Invited]
  
• 土壌の溶融生成物の鉱物学的および化学的特性

  万福 裕造, 八田 珠郎, 矢板 毅, 佐藤 努

  粘土科学 56 28 - 40 2017 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Year-round variations in the fluvial transport load of particulate Cs-137 in a forested catchment affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

  Takeshi Matsunaga, Takahiro Nakanishi, Mariko Atarashi-Andoh, Erina Takeuchi, Kotomi Muto, Katsunori Tsuduki, Syusaku Nishimura, Jun Koarashi, Shigeyoshi Otosaka, Tsutomu Sato, Yoshiki Miyata, Seiya Nagao

  JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY 310 (2) 679 - 693 0236-5731 2016/11 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Particulate Cs-137 was collected from stream water for 2 years to assess the long-term trend of Cs-137 discharge from a forest after the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident. A seasonal increase in the fluvial transport load of particulate Cs-137 in suspended solids (SS) was observed in July-October when rainfall was abundant. The Cs-137 load was controlled by the SS load. This control was attributed to cesium affinity for phyllosilicate clay minerals as verified by the low extractability of particulate Cs-137. These findings indicate the fluvial particulate Cs-137 load is significantly related to the climate and geomorphological features of Japan.
• Kinetics of Fe3+ mineral crystallization from ferrihydrite in the presence of Si at alkaline conditions and implications for nuclear waste disposal

  Paul Clarence M. Francisco, Tsutomu Sato, Tsubasa Otake, Takeshi Kasama

  AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 101 (9-10) 2057 - 2069 0003-004X 2016/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Fe3+ minerals are ubiquitous in diverse near-surface environments, where they exert important controls on trace species transport. In alkaline environments such as the glass-steel interface in geological high-level radioactive waste disposal sites that use cement for plugging and grouting, Fe minerals are closely associated with Si that may affect their crystallization behavior as well as their capacities to regulate hazardous element cycling. While it is well known that Si retards Fe mineral crystallization, there is currently an overall lack of quantitative information on the rates of crystallization of stable Fe minerals in the presence of Si at alkaline conditions. Crystallization of Fe3+ minerals goethite and hematite from ferrihydrite co-precipitated with different amounts of Si was studied at pH 10 and at temperatures ranging from 50 to 80 degrees C using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Mineral abundances evaluated from Rietveld refinement of XRD data show that the proportion of goethite in the final assemblage decreases relative to hematite with increasing Si. TEM observation of goethite and hematite crystals formed in the presence of Si show significant morphological differences compared to those formed in the absence of Si. Rate constants for crystallization derived from fitting of time-dependent changes in mineral abundances with the Avrami equation show a decreasing trend with increasing Si for both goethite and hematite. Apparent activation energies for crystallization for both minerals increase with increasing Si, with that of goethite increasing more drastically compared to hematite, indicating the inhibitive effect of Si on the crystallization of both minerals. The overall inhibition of crystallization may be explained in terms of the effects of Si on the surface properties of the ferrihydrite precursor. The rate constants and apparent activation energies reported in this study may be useful in estimating the crystallization behavior and timescales of Fe minerals in both natural and engineered environments. This information may eventually be helpful in predicting the fate of hazardous elements in such environments.
• Mineralogical aspects of interstratified chlorite-smectite associated with epithermal ore veins: A case study of the Todoroki Au-Ag ore deposit, Japan

  T. Yoneda, T. Watanabe, T. Sato

  CLAY MINERALS 51 (4) 653 - 674 0009-8558 2016/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Chlorite (C)-corrensite (Co)-smectite (S) seriesminerals occur as vein constituents in the two epithermal ore veins, the Chuetsu and Shuetsu veins of the Todoroki Au-Ag deposit. The characteristics of the C-Co-S seriesminerals indicate that the clays may be products of direct precipitation from hydrothermal fluids and subsequent mineralogical transformations during and/or after vein formation. The minerals from the Chuetsu vein are characterized by 'monomineralic' corrensite showing an extensive distribution throughout the vein, and trioctahedral smectite occurring locally. The Shuetsu vein minerals are characterized by C-Co series minerals which can be divided into three different types: a I type including discrete chlorite with minor amounts of S layers, a II type comprising interstratified C/Co and discrete chlorite, and a III type characterized by segregation structures of C and Co layers. The C-Co series minerals show slightly different spatial distributions in the Shuetsu vein. Different epithermal environments during the vein formations and possible kinetic effects may have played a role in the formation and conversion of Co-C series at the Shuetsu vein and S-Co series at the Chuetsu vein.
• Importance of temperature control in surrounding environment during permeability test for measuring hydraulic constants of rock

  Masaji Kato, Yoshitaka Nara, Daisuke Fukuda, Masanori Kohno, Toshinori Sato, Tsutomu Sato, Manabu Takahashi

  Zairyo/Journal of the Society of Materials Science, Japan 65 (7) 489 - 495 1880-7488 2016/07/01 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Rock masses serve a vital function as natural barriers for geological disposal of radioactive waste therefore, information on rock permeability is essential. Highly accurate measurement of permeability requires understanding of how temperature changes in the surrounding environment influence measurement results. We performed permeability measurement under conditions with dramatic changes of temperature in the surrounding environment to investigate the influence of such changes on the experimental results. Measurement of permeability with no temperature change was also conducted as reference. All measurements were conducted using the transient pulse method, and the sample material used was Toki granite obtained from Gifu Prefecture in central Japan. We found that temperature changes in the surrounding environment remarkably affected the pressure in reservoirs upstream and downstream, the pressure difference between them, and the confining pressure all increased when temperature increased for our experimental system. Notably, pressure difference was affected immediately. This difference directly relates to estimation of permeability. As temperature changes significantly affect pressure difference, it is essential to minimize temperature changes in the surrounding environment so as to achieve accurate measurement of rock permeability.
• Structure of nanocrystalline calcium silicate hydrates: insights from X-ray diffraction, synchrotron X-ray absorption and nuclear magnetic resonance

  Sylvain Grangeon, Francis Claret, Cedric Roosz, Tsutomu Sato, Stephane Gaboreau, Yannick Linard

  JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 49 771 - 783 1600-5767 2016/06 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The structure of nanocrystalline calcium silicate hydrates (C-S-H) having Ca/Si ratios ranging between 0.57 +/- 0.05 and 1.47 +/- 0.04 was studied using an electron probe micro-analyser, powder X-ray diffraction, 29 Si magic angle spinning NMR, and Fourier-transform infrared and synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopies. All samples can be described as nanocrystalline and defective tobermorite. At low Ca/Si ratio, the Si chains are defect free and the Si Q(3) and Q(2) environments account, respectively, for up to 40.2 +/- 1.5% and 55.6 +/- 3.0% of the total Si, with part of the Q(3) Si being attributable to remnants of the synthesis reactant. As the Ca/Si ratio increases up to 0.87 +/- 0.02, the Si Q(3) environment decreases down to 0 and is preferentially replaced by the Q(2) environment, which reaches 87.9 +/- 2.0%. At higher ratios, Q(2) decreases down to 32.0 +/- 7.6% for Ca/Si = 1.38 +/- 0.03 and is replaced by the Q(1) environment, which peaks at 68.1 +/- 3.8%. The combination of X-ray diffraction and NMR allowed capturing the depolymerization of Si chains as well as a two-step variation in the layer-to-layer distance. This latter first increases from similar to 11.3 angstrom (for samples having a Ca/Si ratio <similar to 0.6) up to 12.25 angstrom at Ca/Si = 0.87 +/- 0.02, probably as a result of a weaker layer-to-layer connectivity, and then decreases down to 11 angstrom when the Ca/Si ratio reaches 1.38 +/- 0.03. The decrease in layer-to-layer distance results from the incorporation of interlayer Ca that may form a Ca(OH)(2)-like structure, nanocrystalline and intermixed with C-S-H layers, at high Ca/Si ratios.
• Immobilization of selenium by Mg-bearing minerals and its implications for selenium removal from contaminated water and wastewater

  Einstine M. Opiso, Tsutomu Sato, Tetsuro Yoneda

  APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE 123 121 - 128 0169-1317 2016/04 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  This study examines the possible immobilization of Se(VI) by Mg-bearing hydrotalcite and serpentine-like minerals. Selenate immobilization was carried out via adsorption and coprecipitation reactions under alkaline conditions. The effects of Mg/Al ratios, temperature and initial Se concentration on the adsorption and/or coprecipitation of Se6+ onto these Mg-bearing minerals were examined. The sorption mechanism of Se(VI) was examined by XAFS analysis to give account of its local coordination environment. The results showed that Se(VI) sorption behavior by hydrotalcite and serpentine-like minerals was mainly influenced by their Mg/Al ratio. Higher removal efficiency of Se(VI) (> 60 and 90% at 100 and 10 ppm initial Se concentration) was observed during coprecipitation onto hydrotalcite and serpentine-like phases with Mg/Al ratios of 2 and 1.25, respectively. The formation of Mg-bearing minerals was enhanced at higher temperature (at 75 degrees C) but the effect of temperature in Se(VI) immobilization was very minimal. Selenate was mainly retained via outer-sphere complexation but an irreversible fraction of sorbed selenate (about 20%) was observed in these mineral phases. In overall, this study has several important implications in the possible application of hydrotalcite and aluminian serpentine in Se(VI) immobilization. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Determination and reduction of Fe(III) incorporated into Mg-Fe layered double hydroxide structures

  Kazuya Morimoto, Kenji Tamura, Hirohisa Yamada, Tsutomu Sato, Masaya Suzuki

  APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE 121 71 - 76 0169-1317 2016/03 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The syntheses of Mg-Fe(III) layered double hydroxides with different compositions at varied temperature through a co-precipitation method were attempted. The well -crystallized and white colored layered double hydroxides with chloride anions were obtained from the samples adjusted to the composition of Mg/Fe = 4 and aged at higher temperature. The Fe species in the white colored Mg-Fe layered double hydroxides were evaluated as all Fe(III) species by a Mossbauer measurement. The synthesized Mg-Fe(III) layered double hydroxide was treated with a sugar alcohol at temperature above its melting point in order to reduce Fe(III) incorporated into the hydroxide layers. The Mg -Fe layered double hydroxide resulting from a sugar alcohol treatment showed the reduction property in an aqueous solution. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Sorption behaviour of arsenate by non-crystalline aluminosilicate minerals: implications for arsenic immobilisation during the disposal of alkaline coal fly ash materials

  Einstine Opiso, Tsutomu Sato, Tetsuro Yoneda

  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OIL GAS AND COAL TECHNOLOGY 12 (2) 197 - 209 1753-3309 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Understanding the interaction of non-crystalline aluminosilicates with arsenate has environmental implications in controlling the mobility of dissolved anionic species in circum-neutral conditions during the utilisation and disposal of coal fly ash. This study focused on the determination of mineral phases in Si-Al system formed at circum-neutral pH condition and their interaction with arsenate in relation to the effect of temperature. The coprecipitation and surface adsorption behaviour of arsenate in the mineral phases formed was examined at 25, 50 and 75 degrees C. To determine arsenic association with the minerals, leaching test using phosphate bearing solution was also conducted. The results showed that allophane-like material was formed at relatively lower Si/Al ratio of 0.67 and amorphous aluminosilicates at higher Si/Al ratio of 1.5. Allophane showed higher arsenate removal efficiency of more than 90% during coprecipitation experiments compared to amorphous aluminosilicates. Moreover, allophane and amorphous aluminosilicates showed lower arsenate desorption efficiency of less than 20%. A significant irreversible fraction of sorbed arsenate was also observed which could be attributed to inner-sphere complex formation and the possible incorporation within the mineral structure. Hence, these non-crystalline minerals can act as chemical barrier for dissolved anionic species during the utilisation and disposal of coal fly ash.
• Determination of Lead Contamination in Urban Soil, Yogyakarta City, Indonesia

  Aye, S.A.Z, Hendrayana, H, Putra, D.P.E, Sato, T

  Applied Mechanics and Materials 842 473 - 477 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Morphology control of clay-mineral particles as supports for metallocene catalysts in propylene polymerization

  Tayano, T, Sagae, T, Atsumi, T, Uchino, H, Murata M, Sato, T

  Polyolefins Journal 3 79 - 92 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• 岩石の透水試験における環境温度の制御の重要性

  加藤昌治, 奈良禎太, 福田大祐, 河野勝宣, 佐藤稔紀, 佐藤努, 高橋学

  材料 65 (7) 282 - 287 0514-5163 2016 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Synthesis of Zn-Fe layered double hydroxides via an oxidation process and structural analysis of products

  Kazuya Morimoto, Kenji Tamura, Sohtaro Anraku, Tsutomu Sato, Masaya Suzuki, Hirohisa Yamada

  JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY 228 221 - 225 0022-4596 2015/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The synthesis of Zn-Fe(III) layered double hydroxides was attempted, employing different pathways using either Fe(II) or Fe(III) species together with Zn as the initial reagents. The product derived from the synthesis employing Fe(II) was found to transition to a Zn-Fe(III) layered double hydroxides phase following oxidation process. In contrast, the product obtained with Fe(III) did not contain a layered double hydroxides phase, but rather consisted of simonkolleite and hydrous ferric oxide. It was determined that the valency of the Fe reagent used in the initial synthesis affected the generation of the layered double hydroxides phase. Fe(II) species have ionic radii and electronegativities similar to those of Zn, and therefore are more likely to form trioctahedral hydroxide layers with Zn species. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
• Melt extraction and metasomatism recorded in basal peridotites above the metamorphic sole of the northern Fizh massif, Oman ophiolite

  Masako Yoshikawa, Marie Python, Akihiro Tamura, Shoji Arai, Eiichi Takazawa, Tomoyuki Shibata, Akira Ueda, Tsutomu Sato

  TECTONOPHYSICS 650 53 - 64 0040-1951 2015/05 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The Oman ophiolite is one of the best preserved sections of oceanic crust and upper mantle worldwide, and consists of multiple massifs that lie along more than 400 km of the Arabian coast. In the northernmost massifs, the oceanic crust preserves a record of polygenetic magmatism from mid-ocean ridge to subduction-related stages. The lherzolites and clinopyroxene (Cpx)-rich harzburgites of the Fizh block are located a few tens to a hundred meters above the metamorphic sole of the ophiolite and the geochemistry of these Cpx-rich peridotites provides evidence of a genetic link between oceanic crust and mantle. These Cpx-rich peridotites contain olivine with a restricted range of forsterite contents (90-91), but variable Cr-spinel Cr# (Cr/(Cr + Al) atomic ratio) values (0.12-0.33), suggesting that these Cpx-rich peridotites have undergone variable degrees of melt extraction. Cpxs within the Cpx-rich peridotites have chondrite-normalised trace element variation patterns that slope either gently or steeply between the heavy rare earth elements (REEs) and the middle REEs ((Sm/Yb)(N) = 0.08-0.55, where N chondrite-normalised) and are enriched in highly incompatible elements such as Rb, Ba and Nb. This Cpx chemistry can be explained by a polygenetic evolution whereby an initial 4-12% of melt was extracted from the depleted mantle source before this mantle was metasomatised by interaction with fluids derived from dehydration of the metamorphic sole during subduction initiation and obduction. A comparison between Nd-143/Nd-144 versus Sm-147/Nd-144 for Cpx in the Fizh basal Cpx-rich peridotites and a mineral-whole rock Sm-Nd isochron for a gabbro from the same massif suggests a genetic link between crustal and mantle rocks in this area. In addition, Cpxs within the basal Cpx-rich peridotites have highly variable Sr isotopic compositions that are indicative of a significant contribution of seawater from the metamorphic sole, originally derived from subducted oceanic crustal material. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• A passive collection system for whole size fractions in river suspended solids

  Takeshi Matsunaga, Takahiro Nakanishi, Mariko Atarashi-Andoh, Erina Takeuchi, Katsunori Tsuduki, Syusaku Nishimura, Jun Koarashi, Shigeyoshi Otosaka, Tsutomu Sato, Seiya Nagao

  JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY 303 (2) 1291 - 1295 0236-5731 2015/02 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  In order to solve difficulties in collection of river suspended solids (SS) such as frequent observations during stochastic rainfall events, a simple passive collection system of SS has been developed. It is composed of sequentially connected two large-scale filter vessels. A portion of river water flows down into the filter vessels utilizing a natural drop of streambed. The system enable us to carry out long-term, unmanned SS collection. It is also compatible with dissolved component collection. Its performance was validated in a forested catchment by applying to radiocesium and stable carbon transport.
• Monopersulfate oxidation of Acid Orange 7 with an iron(III)-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin intercalated into the layers of montmorillonite and pillared clay

  Ryo Nishimoto, Qianqian Zhu, Takafumi Miyamoto, Tsutomu Sato, Xuefei Tu, Apichaya Aneksampant, Masami Fukushima

  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL 396 84 - 89 1381-1169 2015/01 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  A biomimetic catalyst, iron(III)-tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin (FeTMPyP), was loaded into montmorillonite (Mt) and pillared clay (Pi). The catalytic activities of the prepared catalysts for the decolorization of Acid Orange 7 (AO7) in the absence and presence of,humic acid (HA), a major component of waste water, were compared. Turnover frequencies (TOFs) for the FeTMPyP-loaded Pi (6.7-9.4 h(-1)) were larger than those for the FeTMPyP-loaded Mt (2.9-3.3 h(-1)), while decolorization for the FeTMPyP-loaded Mt was inhibited in the presence of HA (TOFs of 1.3-2.1 h(-1)). These results can be attributed to the fact that the large expansion in basal spacing for the Mt permitted the catalyst to be eluted and HA to be inserted into the Mt layer. However, the levels of catalyst elution and the inhibition of AO7 decolorization by HA were significantly suppressed in the case of the FeTMPyP-loaded Pi catalyst, which was prepared using smaller OH/Al and Al/Mt ratios. These results indicate that the Pi is more suitable support far the FeTMPyP catalyst than the Mt. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Using Fe–Mn binary oxide three-dimensional nanostructure to remove arsenic from aqueous systems

  Lei, M, Qin, P, Peng, L, Ren, Y, Sato, T, Zeng, Q, Yang, Z, Chai, L

  Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 15 (2) 516 - 524 2015 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Influence of phosphate sorption on dispersion of a Ferralsol

  Dung Viet Pham, Munehide Ishiguro, Ha Thu Thi Tran, Tsutomu Sato

  SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION 60 (3) 356 - 366 0038-0768 2014/06 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Soil dispersion induces soil erosion and colloidal leaching. Nutrients are lost at the same time and this causes water contamination. Phosphate is an essential element for living organisms. Because phosphate influences soil dispersion and it is an important limited resource, this influence must be evaluated well in order to diminish negative effects on soil structure. In this paper, we firstly evaluated the influence of phosphate sorption on soil dispersion by calculating repulsive potential energy between soil particles. Ferralsol, which is a typical soil in rainy tropical regions, was used as the material. The dispersion-flocculation phenomena were investigated with absorbance of soil suspension under different pH, phosphate adsorption and electrolyte concentration in an Na-NO3-PO4 system. The repulsive potential energy was calculated based on the diffuse double layer theory and the measured zeta potential. We indicated that the measured absorbance increased with the increase of the repulsive potential energy. The repulsive potential energy increased with increasing phosphate sorption up to about 5 to 20 mmol kg(-1) at all pH, and it induced the soil dispersion, because phosphate sorption increased the negative charge of the soil. After its peak, it decreased with increasing phosphate sorption because the electrolyte concentration increased and the electrolyte screened the electric field near the soil surface. The repulsive potential energy also increased with increasing pH because of the increase of the negative charge of the soil. Even at low pH, after a certain amount of phosphate sorption, the soil dispersed due to the increase of repulsive potential energy, although the soil flocculated before phosphate application. Because the soil dispersion causes soil and phosphorus loss, the influence of soil pH and phosphate sorption on the soil dispersion should be considered for good soil management.
• Na-montmorillonite dissolution rate determined by varying the Gibbs free energy of reaction in a dispersed system and its application to a coagulated system in 0.3 M NaOH solution at 70 degrees C

  Chie Oda, Colin Walker, Daisuke Chino, Satoru Ichige, Akira Honda, Tsutomu Sato, Tetsuro Yoneda

  APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE 93-94 62 - 71 0169-1317 2014/05 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Na-montmorillonite (Na(+)Mt) dissolution in a 0.3 mol dm(-3) NaOH solution has been investigated at a pH of 12 at 70 degrees C using a combination of flow-through and batch-type experiments to constrain a predictive geochemical model. The flow-through dissolution experiments were conducted in a dispersed system (initial water/solid ratio = 1000 cm(3) g(-1)) with varying concentrations of Si and Al to derive a Na(+)Mt dissolution rate as a non-linear function of the Gibbs free energy of reaction, Delta G(r,mont). This rate equation was used to simulate the batch-type Na(+)Mt reaction experiments conducted in a coagulated system (initial water/solid ratio = 20 cm(3) g(-1)) in order to examine the applicability of the Delta G(r,mont) rate equation to higher AGnmont conditions and to understand the effect of secondary mineral precipitation on the dissolution rate. The model simulation of the batch-type experiment adopting the empirical rate equations of Na Mt dissolution and secondary mineral analcime precipitation was able to reproduce the measured changes in the amount of dissolved Na Mt and concentrations of Si and Al in solution. The results showed that the empirical rate equation of Na Mt dissolution determined in the far from equilibrium dispersed system was applicable to the coagulated system over a higher AGnmont range and that the concentrations of Si and Al in the batch experiment were controlled by the precipitation of analcime. This implies that the precipitation of secondary minerals will strongly influence the rate of Na+Mt dissolution in the coagulated system. The effects of secondary mineral precipitation on the montmorillonite (Mt) dissolution rate will be, therefore, important in the high density, low water/solid system such as the intended bentonite buffer to be used as the primary barrier in a purpose built repository for the geological disposal of nuclear waste. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Spatial distributions of chromium enrichment in ~3.2 Ga Banded Iron Formations, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa

  ISHIKAWA KO, OTAKE TSUBASA, KAWAI SHOHJI, SATO TSUTOMU, KAKEGAWA TAKESHI

  Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan 日本地球化学会 61 127 - 127 2014 

  地球表層の酸化は酸素発生型光合成細菌の出現が原因であると考えられているが、その進化時期と初期地球表層環境の変遷については明らかになっていない。主に先カンブリア時代に産出する縞状鉄鉱層の微量元素や同位体組成は、形成当時の海洋溶存成分を反映していると考えられ、初期地球表層環境の推定に用いられてきた。本研究の目的は，南アフリカ・バーバトン地域において主に浅海性堆積岩から構成されるムーディーズ層群中の約32億年前に形成した縞状鉄鉱層中で発見されたクロム濃集の空間的広がりを明らかにすることである。そのため、バーバトンから南西に10kmほどに位置する、先行研究においてクロム濃集がみられたMoodise Hills (MH)および北東に10kmほどに位置するEureka synclineにあるGate of Paradise (GP)において調査を行った。
• Transition in depositional environments after the formation of Kuroko deposits indicated from rare earth element patterns and iron isotopes

  Otake Tsubasa, Suzuki Ryohei, Yamada Ryoichi, Shin Ki-Cheol, Kon Yoshiaki, Sato Tsutomu

  Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan 日本地球化学会 61 8 - 8 2014 

  本研究では，黒鉱鉱床のような大規模塊状硫化物鉱床の形成要因と当時の海洋環境の関係性をレアアースパターンと鉄安定同位体比を用いて調べた。黒鉱形成後に堆積した鉄に富む化学堆積岩には、レアアースパターンがCeの負異常を示し，また大きな鉄の同位体分別を示すものが存在することから，当時の海洋は酸化還元環境に関して成層化していたと考えられる。このことは，大規模塊状硫化物鉱床の形成において還元的な海洋環境が重要な要因の一つであることを示唆している。
• B8 モンモリロナイトの粒子径と懸濁液の粘度(口頭発表,一般講演)

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 58 78 - 79 2014
• B22 低温蛇紋岩化作用に伴う水素生成 : 付随合金鉱物の役割(招待講演,地質フィールドからみた粘土と鉱物,提案型セッション)

  福原 直基, 佐藤 努, 大竹 翼

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 58 116 - 117 2014
• Adsorption of pentachlorophenol to a humin-like substance-bentonite complex prepared by polycondensation reactions of humic precursors

  Masami Fukushima, Ryo Okabe, Ryo Nishimoto, Shigeki Fukuchi, Tsutomu Sato, Motoki Terashima

  APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE 87 136 - 141 0169-1317 2014/01 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Humic substances have natural surfactant characteristics and have a relatively high affinity for pentachlorophenol (PCP). However, humic substances cannot be loaded into bentonite (Bent) via intercalation because of their larger size. In the present study, a humin-like substance (HuLS) was prepared by polycondensation reactions of humic precursors, such as glycine and catechol, and the product was loaded into Bent. XRD patterns showed that the basal spacing, calculated from the montmorillonite peak, for the HuLS-Bent complex was larger than that for Bent itself, indicating that the intercalation of HuLS was successful. The adsorption capabilities of PCP were evaluated from adsorption isotherms at pH 4.0, 5.5 and 6.5. At all pH values, the linear adsorption coefficients of PCP, K-d (L kg(-1)), for the HuLS-Bent complex (37 at pH 6.5, 247 at pH 5.5 and 804 at pH 4.0) were significantly larger than those for Bent itself (not determined at pH 6.5,40 at pH 5.5 and 94 at pH 4.0). These results show that the adsorption capabilities of PCP can be enhanced by loading HuLS onto Bent. In addition, the K-d values for Bent and the HuLS-Bent complex were found to be pH-dependent, in that the K-d value decreased with increasing pH. Because of the pK(a) for PCP (4.75), more than 90% of the PCP was present as the anionic form at pH 5.5 and 6.5. In addition, the values for the Zeta potentials for Bent and the HuLS-Bent complex remained negative at pH 2-12 and decreased with increasing pH. It thus appears that electrostatic repulsion between the anionic form of PCP and the adsorbents can affect the adsorption capabilities. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• フィリピン国・ルソン島北西部に分布するザンバレスオフィオライトで生成されたアルカリ溶液との反応によって変質されたベントナイトの地球化学的・鉱物化学的特性

  藤井直樹, 山川稔, 鹿園直建, 佐藤努

  地質学雑誌 120 361 - 375 2014 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Mineral Synthesis in Si-Al-Ca Systems and Their Iodide Sorption Capacity under Alkaline Conditions

  Xiaoji Liu, Atsushi Asai, Tsutomu Sato, Einstine Opiso, Tsubasa Otake, Tetsuro Yoneda

  WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION 224 (3) 1442 - 1455 0049-6979 2013/03 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The release of anionic nuclides such as I-129 from underground nuclear waste disposals is of great environmental concern due to its long half-life and high mobility in alkaline environments. The leachability of iodide is largely dependent on the sorption capacity of various Ca-bearing minerals such as ettringite, hydrocalumite, and calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) which are common hydration products of cement materials. Moreover, the pore water chemistry of cement materials is dominated by Si, Al, and Ca during the initial stage of weathering, and the ratios of the ions present vary much depending on the source materials. Examining the mineral phases generated in Si-Al-Ca systems with respect to different ratios of Si, Al, and Ca and their interaction with iodide is important to better understand the sorption behavior of iodide in nuclear waste disposal facilities. In this study, the mineral synthesis in Si-Al-Ca systems was conducted under alkaline conditions at ambient temperature, and the sorption behavior of iodide with the mineral phases was investigated during and after the mineral formation. The results showed that portlandite, C-S-H, stratlingite (CASH), hydrocalumite, gibbsite, and amorphous compounds were precipitated from the systems, depending on the Si, Al, and Ca ratios. The K-d values of iodide were greatly affected by the Ca content and relatively high Ca-containing phases such as hydrocalumite, C-S-H, CASH, and portlandite showed high iodide retention capacity. Hence, ensuring the formation of these secondary minerals by modification of the chemical composition of cement materials could assist in safety design of nuclear waste disposals.
• Comparison of the vertical distributions of Fukushima nuclear accident radiocesium in soil before and after the first rainy season, with physicochemical and mineralogical interpretations

  Takeshi Matsunaga, Jun Koarashi, Mariko Atarashi-Andoh, Seiya Nagao, Tsutomu Sato, Haruyasu Nagai

  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 447 301 - 314 0048-9697 2013/03 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Effect of intense rainfall on the distribution of Fukushima-accident-derived Cs-137 in soil was examined. Inventories and vertical distributions of Cs-137 in soils were determined at 15 locations (including croplands, grasslands, and forests) in Fukushima city in the post-rainy season, approximately 4.5 months after the accident, and were compared with those in the pre-rainy season determined in our former study. The Cs-137 inventory levels scarcely changed between points in time spanning the first rainy season after the accident. Moreover, the majority of Cs-137 remained stored in the aboveground vegetation and in the upper 5 cm of soil layer at undisturbed locations in the post-rainy season. A more quantitative analysis with the characterization of the vertical profile of Cs-137 using the relaxation length confirmed that the vertical profile was almost unchanged at most locations. Accordingly, it is concluded that rainfall during the rainy season had a limited effect on Cs-137 distribution in the soil, indicating the very low mobility. Chemical extraction of Cs-137 from selected soil samples indicated that Cs-137 in the soil was barely water soluble, and even the fraction extracted with I M ammonium acetate was only approximately 10%. This further supports the low mobility of Cs-137 in our soils. Soil mineralogical analyses, which included the identification of clay minerals, suggested that smectite and mica could lower the exchangeable fraction of Cs-137. However, no direct relationship was obtained between mineral composition and Cs-137 retention in the upper soil layer. In contrast, positive correlations were observed between Cs-137 extractability and soil properties such as pH, organic matter content, finer-sized particle content, and cation-exchange capacity. These results suggest that the mineralogical effect on the firm fixation of Cs-137 on soil constituents may be masked by the non-specific adsorption offered by the physicochemical properties of the soils. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Effects of surface Fe(III) oxides in a steel slag on the formation of humic-like dark-colored polymers by the polycondensation of humic precursors

  Ryo Nishimoto, Shigeki Fukuchi, Guangxia Qi, Masami Fukushima, Tsutomu Sato

  COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS 418 117 - 123 0927-7757 2013/02 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Carbonated furnace steel slag is effective in enhancing polycondensation reactions of humic precursors such as quinones, amino acids and saccharides. To obtain more detailed information concerning the nature of the catalytic sites on the surface of slag, a pristine slag sample was treated with HNO3, HF and NH2OH to alter the surface states. The catalytic activities for the formation of humic-like dark-colored polymers were significantly decreased for the samples treated with HNO3 or HF compared to untreated slag. Because substantial amounts of iron were eluted as the result of the HNO3 and HF treatments, the minerals remaining on the surface of steel slag were characterized by XRD and SEM, and the results were compared with untreated slag. XRD patterns indicated the significant decrease in Fe(III) oxide content, including magnetite and hematite, as the result of the HNO3 and HF treatment. In addition, when untreated slag was reacted with humic precursors, the hematite and magnetite were largely eluted as a result of the reaction. These results support the conclusion that Fe(III)-oxides on the surface of steel slag, such as hematite and magnetite, serve as catalytic sites for enhancing catalytic activity for the formation of humic-like dark colored-polymers from humic precursors. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• B6 35℃および60℃における水酸化カリウム水溶液によるモンモリロナイトの変質(口頭発表,一般講演)

  上田 麻衣, 中林 亮, 木嶋 達也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗, 大竹 翼, 小田 治恵

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 57 90 - 91 2013
• A14 モンモリロナイト粒子のアスペクト比とベントナイトの用途(口頭発表,一般講演)

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 57 58 - 59 2013
• P7 沈殿相として層状複水酸化物を選択したニッケル含有廃水処理法のための基礎研究(ポスター発表,一般講演)

  岡橋 東子, 西内 亨, 佐藤 努, 大竹 翼, 米田 哲朗

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 57 156 - 157 2013
• A21 分級分析による飯舘村農地土壌のセシウム吸着特性および放射性セシウムの分布(口頭発表,一般講演)

  伊藤 健一, 宮原 英隆, 氏家 亨, 武島 俊達, 横山 信吾, 中田 弘太郎, 鈴木 伸一, 鈴木 正哉, 佐藤 努, 八田 珠郎, 山田 裕久

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 57 (0) 72 - 73 2013 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Application of Ferro Nickel Slag to Soil Improvement Agent : Relationship of Mixing Ratio of Scallop Shell and Cooling Rate with Dissolution Behavior of the Ferro Nickel Slag

  SASAKI Shoji, SATO Tsutomu, KAWASAKI Koichi, TAKAYANAGI Kazuhiro

  Shigen-to-Sozai The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan 129 (1) 29 - 35 1881-6118 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Si dissolution rate and mechanism of the ferro nickel slag with different mixing ratios of scallop shell and cooling rates have been investigated to apply ferro nickel slag as soil improvement agent. Slag with slow cooling rate was consisted of crystalline materials such as forsterite and enstatite. On the other hand, the slag with rapid cooling rate was amorphous material. Different constituent crystalline materials were obtained by addition of scallop shell. After addition of 30wt% the scallop shell, Ca-bearing crystalline materials such as monticellite, akermanite, wollastonite and augite were generated in the molten slag. The results obtained by batch dissolution experiment and SEM/EDX observation are summarized as follows.
  (1) The amorphous slag has a faster Si dissolution rate than crystalline slag. However, Si dissolution rate of the crystalline slag become faster after addition of scallop shell. Si dissolution rate of the molten ferro nickel slag after addition of 30wt% scallop shell has the same with that of the amorphous slag with rapid cooling rate.
  (2) Ca-bearing crystalline materials such as monticellite, akermanite, wollastonite and augite were easily dissolved than Mg-bearing materials such as forsterite and enstatite which were originally contained in the slag with slow cooling rate.
  (3) Among the crystalline materials in the slag, dissolution of the part consisted mainly of monticellite were distinguished. It was followed by wollastonite, akermanite and augite. Marked dissolution did not observed in the part consisted mainly of forsterite and enstatite.
  (4) Difference in dissolution behavior of the crystalline materials was due to the Ca content and degree of silica tetrahedron polymerization.
  (5) Release of the nutrient elements such as Si and Mg can be promoted by the selection of rapid cooling rate and addition of scallop shell as Ca source in the production of slag.
• On the nature of structural disorder in calcium silicate hydrates with a calcium/silicon ratio similar to tobermorite

  Sylvain Grangeon, Francis Claret, Catherine Lerouge, Fabienne Warmont, Tsutomu Sato, Sohtaro Anraku, Chiya Numako, Yannick Linard, Bruno Lanson

  Cement and Concrete Research 52 31 - 37 0008-8846 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Four calcium silicate hydrates (CSH) with structural calcium/silicon (Ca/Si) ratios ranging from 0.82 ± 0.02 to 0.87 ± 0.02 were synthesized at room temperature, 50, 80, and 110 C. Their structure was elucidated by collating information from electron probe micro-analysis, transmission electron microscopy, extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). A modeling approach specific to defective minerals was used because sample turbostratism prevented analysis using usual XRD refinement techniques (e.g. Rietveld analysis). It is shown that CSH with Ca/Si ratio of ~ 0.8 are structurally similar to nano-crystalline turbostratic tobermorite, a naturally occurring mineral. Their structure thus consists of sheets of calcium atoms in 7-fold coordination, covered by ribbons of silicon tetrahedra with a dreierketten (wollastonite-like) organization. In these silicate ribbons, 0.42 Si per bridging tetrahedron are missing. Random stacking faults occur systematically between successive layers (turbostratic stacking). Layer-to-layer distance is equal to 11.34 Å. Crystallites have a mean size of 10 nm in the a-b plane, and a mean number of 2.6-2.9 layers stacked coherently along the c* axis. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
• Quantitative Analysis for Dissolution of Silica Minerals in the Compacted Bentonite at Hyperalkaline Conditions by X-ray Computed Tomography and Geochemical Modeling

  NAKABAYASHI Ryo, KIJIMA Tatsuya, TSUKADA Yasumoto, SATO Tsutomu, OTAKE Tsubasa, KANEKO Katsuhiko, YONEDA Tetsuro

  Journal of the Clay Science Society of Japan (in Japanese) 一般社団法人 日本粘土学会 52 (1) 9 - 22 0470-6455 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Dissolution rates of montmorillonite in bentonite under hyperalkaline conditions have been obtained to evaluate the long-term performance of engineered barriers for radioactive waste disposal. The saturation state of pore water with respect to montmorillonite in bentonite has been demonstrated as an important factor controlling montmorillonite dissolution rate. Pore water chemistry including the saturation state may be significantly affected by the dissolution of accessory minerals in bentonite. The bentonite "Kunigel V1", which is being considered for use in radioactive disposal barriers in Japan, actually contains a large amount (〜50 %) of accessory silica minerals, such as chalcedony and quartz. Dissolution of the silica minerals may inhibit the dissolution of montmorillonite in the bentonite by increasing the silica concentration and hence the saturation state with respect to montmorillonite in the pore water. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to examine the dissolution kinetics of the silica minerals and the effect of dissolved silica on the dissolution of montmorillonite in a compacted bentonite using X-ray computed tomography (CT) and geochemical modeling. Advective alteration experiments of a compacted bentonite (Kunigel V1) with a dry density of 0.3 Mg/m^3 was conducted with 0.3M NaOH solution at 70℃ for 360 days. X-ray CT images, which were taken every 10 days, showed that the volume of a light colored material decreased as the interaction between the bentonite and hyperalkaline-fluid progressed during the experiments. This is attributed to the dissolution of accessory silica minerals in the bentonite. XRD analyses of altered bentonite after the experiments identified that the accessory mineral was mainly chalcedony. The kinetic data for dissolution of chalcedony was obtained by developing the methodology to quantify the volume of accessory minerals in the CT images. These results showed that chalcedony was almost completely dissolved in the area close to the fluid input within 80 days. The geochemical transport model consistent with the experimental results indicates that the pore water in the bentonite became near saturation with respect to montmorillonite due to the dissolution of silica minerals in bentonite, inhibiting the dissolution of montmorillonite in bentonite. The model also indicates that the inhibition of montmorillonite dissolution will not be sustained beyond the experimental duration under the same experimental conditions. However, a compacted bentonite with higher dry density such as 1.6 Mg/m^3, where diffusion is the dominant mass transport mechanism, has been considered for use in actual radioactive disposal barriers in Japan. In the much more compacted bentonite system, dissolution of montmorillonite will be inhibited for a much longer term. Therefore, it is important to consider the dissolution behavior of silica minerals to sufficiently evaluate the long-term performance of bentonite as a component of engineered barriers for radioactive waste disposal.
• 鉄との相互作用による緩衝材への変質影響評価：影響要因に関する解析的検討

  中林亮, 木嶋達也, 塚田康元, 佐藤努, 大竹 翼, 金子勝比古, 米田哲朗

  原子力バックエンド研究 20 39 - 52 2013 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• セラミックスによる放射性廃棄物の処理方法 福島第一原発事故で発生した放射性廃棄物の処理・処分に内在する課題

  佐藤努

  セラミックス 日本セラミックス協会 47 (11) 859-863 - 875 0009-031X 2012/11/01 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Surface complexation reactions of inorganic anions on hydrotalcite-like compounds

  Kazuya Morimoto, Sohtaro Anraku, Jun Hoshino, Tetsuro Yoneda, Tsutomu Sato

  JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 384 (1) 99 - 104 0021-9797 2012/10 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Complexation reactions of environmentally important inorganic anions such as nitrate, chloride, sulfate, arsenate, and phosphate on the surface of hydrotalcite-like compounds (HT) were investigated to understand the role of HT in the immobilization of hazardous anions in an alkaline environment. The effects of surface complexation reactions on the solid state properties of HT were also evaluated to understand their stability. Synthetic HT was used for the adsorption and post-adsorption experiments. The obtained adsorption isotherms showed that the order of selectivity of HT for anions was NO3 < Cl < - SO4 << AsO4 < PO4. To distinguish the adsorption mechanisms (inner-sphere complexes or outer-sphere complexes) of these anions, zeta potential measurements and infrared absorption spectroscopic analysis were performed. The results indicated that NO3 and Cl were adsorbed as diffuse ions on the outer surfaces of the HT, while SO4 formed outer-sphere complexes with a strong electrostatic interaction. Moreover, AsO4 and PO4 formed inner-sphere complexes via a ligand substitution reaction on the HT surfaces. And it was suggested that oxyanions with low ionic potential, such as AsO4 and PO4, had a tendency to form inner-sphere complexes with the HT surfaces. The formation of inner-sphere complexes shifted the isoelectric point and the surface charge of the HT. Furthermore, the solubility of the HT was reduced by the inner-sphere complexes with PO4 and AsO4. It was revealed, that the formation of inner-sphere complexes on the HT surfaces contributed to the stabilization of the HT, as well as a decrease in the mobility of these anions. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
• Fe-loaded zeolites as catalysts in the formation of humic substance-like dark-coloured polymers in polycondensation reactions of humic precursors

  S. Fukuchi, M. Fukushima, R. Nishimoto, G. Qi, T. Sato

  CLAY MINERALS 47 (3) 355 - 364 0009-8558 2012/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  To enhance the catalytic activities of zeolites for the polycondensation reactions of humic precursors, Fe was loaded into a zeolite via an ion-exchange reaction and the resulting product was subjected to calcination at 773 K. Two types iron-loaded zeolites were prepared using one equivalent (Fe-Z-1) and 10-equivalents (Fe-Z-10) of Fe2+ to the cation-exchange capacity of a natural zeolite from Niki town (Hokkaido, Japan). X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra showed that the Fe(II) that was originally loaded into the cation-exchange sites in the zeolite became oxidized to a Fe(111) ionic species during the preparation. The catalytic activities of each zeolite were evaluated, based on the degree of darkening for reaction mixtures containing catechol, glycine and glucose as model humic precursors. The catalytic activities of Fe-Z-1 and Fe-Z-10 were higher than that for an untreated zeolite, and increased with the amount of Fe in the zeolite.
• Factors affecting vertical distribution of Fukushima accident-derived radiocesium in soil under different land-use conditions

  Jun Koarashi, Mariko Atarashi-Andoh, Takeshi Matsunaga, Tsutomu Sato, Seiya Nagao, Haruyasu Nagai

  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 431 392 - 401 0048-9697 2012/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant accident in Japan, triggered by a big earthquake and the resulting tsunami on 11 March 2011, caused a substantial release of radiocesium (Cs-137 and Cs-134) and a subsequent contamination of soils in a range of terrestrial ecosystems. Identifying factors and processes affecting radiocesium retention in these soils is essential to predict how the deposited radiocesium will migrate through the soil profile and to other biological components. We investigated vertical distributions of radiocesium and physicochemical properties in soils (to 20 cm depth) at 15 locations under different land-use types (croplands, grasslands, and forests) within a 2 km x 2 km mesh area in Fukushima city. The total Cs-137 inventory deposited onto and into soil was similar (58.4 +/- 9.6 kBq m(-2)) between the three different land-use types. However, aboveground litter layer at the forest sites and herbaceous vegetation at the non-forested sites contributed differently to the total Cs-137 inventory. At the forest sites, 50-91% of the total inventory was observed in the litter layer. The aboveground vegetation contribution was in contrast smaller (<35%) at the other sites. Another remarkable difference was found in vertical distribution of Cs-137 in mineral soil layers: Cs-137 penetrated deeper in the forest soil profiles than in the non-forested soil profiles. We quantified Cs-137 retention at surface soil layers, and showed that higher Cs-137 retention can be explained in part by larger amounts of silt- and clay-sized particles in the layers. More importantly, the Cs-137 retention highly and negatively correlated with soil organic carbon content divided by clay content across all land-use types. The results suggest that organic matter inhibits strong adsorption of Cs-137 on clay minerals in surface soil layers, and as a result affects the vertical distribution and thus the mobility of Cs-137 in soil, particularly in the forest ecosystems. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Sorption Behavior of Arsenate by Mg-Bearing Minerals at Hyperalkaline Condition: Implications for Oxyanions Sequestration During the Use and Disposal of Alkaline Wastes

  Einstine Opiso, Atsushi Asai, Tsutomu Sato, Tetsuro Yoneda, Xiaoji Liu

  WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION 223 (6) 3471 - 3483 0049-6979 2012/07 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The utilization and disposal of alkaline waste materials such as slag and coal fly ash as cement aggregates and raw materials in cement manufacturing can pose environmental and health hazards because these waste materials usually contain elevated concentration of toxic elements. This study examined the possibility of controlling the pore water chemistry of these waste materials in order to induce the secondary mineral formation of Mg-bearing minerals as major sorbing solids for oxyanions during the utilization and disposal of alkaline wastes. The formation of Mg-bearing minerals was examined at ambient temperature and alkaline pH conditions in the Mg-Si-Al system. The interaction of Mg-bearing minerals with oxyanions using arsenate as an analog was examined during and after mineral formation. The results revealed that the generated Mg-bearing mineral phases were smectite and brucite in Mg-Si system and hydrotalcite and serpentine in Mg-Si-Al system. Moreover, hydrotalcite, serpentine, brucite, and smectite phases formed under low Si ratio showed high sorption capacity for arsenate, but only high Al content hydrotalcite and serpentine showed substantial irreversible fraction of sorbed arsenate. Hence, the generation of these kinds of hydrotalcite and serpentine phases as scavengers for oxyanions must be considered during the utilization and disposal of alkaline wastes.
• Factors Affecting to the Viscosity of Montmorillonite/water Suspension 2. Relationship between Aspect Ratio of Montmorillonite Particles and Viscosity of Aqueous Suspensions

  SUZUKI KEIZO, SATO TSUTOMU, YONEDA TETSURO

  粘土科学 一般社団法人 日本粘土学会 50 (3) 162-174 - 174 0470-6455 2012/03/30 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The viscosity of aqueous montmorillonite suspensions is affected by many factors, most notable among them include the soluble salt content and composition of exchangeable cations. However, difference in the viscosity of these suspensions remained even at almost identical soluble salt and exchangeable cation compositions. Because of these, the authors made this research based on the following hypothesis: the determining factor for the viscosity of aqueous montmorillonite suspensions is the aspect ratios of montmorillonite particles. Eight montmorillonite samples from Yamagata-Japan, Wyoming-USA and Gujart-India, having wide range of viscosity and aspect ratio, were used. In the experiments, the de-carbonated and Na-exchanged samples in addition to the untreated samples, both purified from bentonite suspension, were utilized. Surface area of basal planes and heights of 100 montmorillonite particles randomly-selected from the untreated samples were measured using AFM. The surface area of the basal planes was converted to the diameter of an equivalent circle. The aspect ratio was then calculated by dividing the diameter of the obtained equivalent circle with the height of the particle. The calculated values of the aspect ratio were at 260-380, 190-210 and 129 for the montmorillonites sampled from Yamagata, Wyoming and Gujarat, respectively. The aspect ratios of some Na-exchanged montmorillonite samples were also determined from the viscosity of diluted suspensions. The values of the aspect ratio obtained using this different method showed good agreement with the results by AFM measurement. This means that montmorillonite particles are suspended in water without folding or bending. For Na-exchanged samples, aspect ratio of montmorillonite particles and viscosity of aqueous suspensions showed good correlation (R^2=0.96). Using Simha's and Einstein's equations, the reason why the aspect ratio is the determining factor for the viscosity of aqueous montmorillonite suspensions could be explained as follows: in the aqueous suspensions, montmorillonie particles are rotating with Brownian movement of water molecules and occupying an apparent volume of sphere having diameter equivalent to the aspect ratio (nm). Apparent volume fraction of montmorillonite, which is calculated by multiplying the apparent volume of the montmorillonite particle and the number of particles in a 1ml suspension, is controlled by the aspect ratio. Because the aspect ratio affects numerically on the order of cube power to the apparent volume fraction of montmorillonite, while the number of particles in suspension affects only on the order of single power, in consideration of Einstein's equation. Montmorillonite that have large aspect ratios even with less number of particles will occupy a large apparent volume fraction in suspension and will have high viscosity. In contrast, montmorillonite with a smaller aspect ratio and large number of particles will occupy a smaller apparent volume fraction and the suspension will have low viscosity. Thus, the determining factor for the viscosity of aqueous montmorillonite suspensions is the aspect ratio of montmorillonite particles. Because this study was made using 8 montmorillonite samples having wide range of aspect ratio and viscosity, we believe that the conclusion obtained is universal.
• Practical approach to decontamination of radioactive cesium-contaminated matter in agricultural region by improved wet classification and use of geomaterials

  Kenichi Ito, Hidetaka Miyahara, Toru Ujiie, Toshikatsu Takeshima, Shingo Yokoyama, Kotaro Nakata, Tetsushi Nagano, Tsutomu Sato, Tamao Hatta, Hirohisa Yamada

  Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan 11 (4) 255 - 271 1347-2879 2012 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  In the radiation dosimetry of radiocesium in Iitate, Fukushima, the level of radiocesium around the environment did not exceed the criteria in liquid phases such as puddle water, but was distributed in solid phases such as some soil types and organic matter. On the other hand, retting of the cut bamboo grass and hemlock fir in water allowed the release of radiocesium, about 230 Bq/kg exceeding the criteria for a bathing area. The flow-thru test using zeolite showed the removal of radiocesium from the liquid phase. The wet classification test was performed for 3 types of radiocesium-contaminated soil. According to the results of wet classification, radiocesium was detected and its level exceeded the cropping restriction level in almost all classified particle fractions. The decontamination effect of wet classification on radiocesium contamination was smaller than that on heavy metal contamination. Specifically, the wet classification could not induce volume reduction. Accordingly, preprocessing and intermediate treatments such as dispersion or attrition by vibration or mixing in the wet classification process were devised and examined as improved processing techniques. As a result, the effectual volume reduction of the radiocesium-contaminated soil was confirmed by adding an intermediate process such as the surface attrition in the vibrator. © 2012 Atomic Energy Society of Japan, All Rights Reserved.
• Arsenic pollution in groundwater at Kandal province, Cambodia

  B. Pich, T. Yoneda, T. Sato

  Proc. of the 4th Regional Conference on Geological Engineering 46 - 52 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Sorption of pentachlorophenol to organo-clay complexes prepared by polycondensation reactions of humic precursors.

  Masami Fukushima, Ryo Okabe, Ryo Nishimoto, Shigeki Fukuchi, Tsutomu Sato, Motoki Terashima

  In: “Functions of Natural Organic Matter in Changing Environment” Proceeding Papers of The 16th Meeting of the International Humic Substances Society 299 - 301 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• 熱水指標としての層状ケイ酸塩鉱物の資源探査への応用について

  米田哲朗, 木工裕史, 松本 晃, 高橋亮平, 佐藤 努

  平成24年度資源・素材学会春季大会講演集（企画発表） 361 - 362 2012 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Adsorption and co-precipitation behavior of fluoride onto Mg-bearing minerals in Si-Al-Mg mineral system at hyperalkaline conditions

  Liu, X, Sato, T, Opiso, E, Yoneda, T

  Clay Science 16 49 - 57 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Reactive-transport model analyses of bentonite alteration behavior at alkaline condition generated by cement-water interaction in a TRU wastes repository

  ODA Chie, HONDA Akira, TAKASE Hiroyasu, OZONE Kenji, SASAKI Ryoichi, YAMAGUCHI Kohei, SATO Tsutomu

  Journal of the Clay Science Society of Japan (in Japanese) 一般社団法人 日本粘土学会 51 (2) 34 - 49 0470-6455 2012 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The maximum dose of ionizing radiation from the geological disposal of TRU wastes will likely be controlled by poorly sorbing soluble radionuclides, such as I-129. Proposed repository designs for the geological disposal of TRU wastes envisage the use of an engineered barrier composed of a bentonite buffer to limit the migration of such radionuclides by impeding groundwater flow. Cementitious materials will inevitably be used for waste packaging, in filling and adding structural integrity to the repository. Using cementitious materials, however, is problematic because they produce highly alkaline leachates which have the potential to cause a complex series of coupled changes in the porewater chemistry, mineralogy and, ultimately, the mass transport properties of the bentonite buffer. To elucidate the consequences of these coupled changes, reactive-transport model analyses have been conducted for bentonite alteration test cases with the use of different combinations of secondary minerals that will likely form in the bentonite buffer. A dissolution rate equation of smectite (a key component of bentonite) applicable to pH 7-13 and 25-80 ℃ was proposed and used in the reactive-transport model analyses. It was found that the amount of dissolved smectite at the center of the bentonite buffer was smaller and those in the vicinity of the cement interface was larger when thermodynamically metastable secondary minerals mainly precipitated as compared with the precipitation of stable phases. The calculated temporal and spatial changes of kinetic smectite dissolution were interpreted as a consequence of the changes in Gibbs free energy and porewater chemistry. Furthermore, the bentonite porewater chemistry was also affected by the stoichiometry and thermodynamic stability of the secondary minerals and the kinetics of smectite dissolution. Except in the close proximity of the cement interface, it was found that regardless of the choice of secondary minerals, the effective diffusion coefficient and hydraulic conductivity remained largely unchanged after 100,000 years.
• スラグとホタテ貝殻からの土壌改良材製造技術の開発

  佐々木正司, 川崎康一, 佐藤努

  青森県産業技術センター工業部門事業報告書 2010 66  1884-4030 2011/12/28 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Background and Problematics of Radioactive Contamination by the Accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

  SATO Tsutomu

  Nendo Kagaku 日本粘土学会 50 (2) 26 - 32 0470-6455 2011/12/25 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster is a series of equipment failures, nuclear fuel meltdowns, and releases of the fission products and feasible neutron activated nuclides to the environment at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, following the 9.0 magnitude east-Japan earthquake and the ensuing tsunami on 11 March 2011. As the result of radionuclide releases, the soils, drinking water, foods, water in swimming pool, building wall, road and forest in Fukushima were widely contaminated with the radionuclides, especially ^<137>Cs. Although it is urgent to figure out how radioactive material...
• Effect of different fractions of weathered pumice in the formation of humic-like substances

  A. Miura, S. Fukuchi, R. Okabe, M. Fukushima, M. Sasaki, T. Sato

  CLAY MINERALS 46 (4) 637 - 648 0009-8558 2011/12 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Polycondensation reactions between amino acids and phenols are one of the pathways for the formation of humic substances, and clay minerals are able to catalyse these reactions. To investigate the catalytic power of allophane, an allophane fraction (ALF) was separated from weathered pumice (WP) that contained imogolite as an impurity by taking advantage of differences in sedimentation velocity. The iron content in the separated ALF was increased by up to 3.0% compared to that in the starting WP (1.3%), and the ALF was further treated with sodium dithionate and citric acid (ALF-DC) to remove the iron. The catalytic powers of WP, ALF and ALF-DC were evaluated, based on the degree of darkening of reaction mixtures from polycondensation reactions between catechol and tryptophan, model compounds for precursors of humic substances. The catalytic power for ALF was significantly higher than the corresponding values for WP and ALF-DC. This can be attributed to the high iron content of the ALF, which serves as a Lewis acid that can enhance nucleophilic reactions which occur during the polycondensation reactions.
• Dissolution kinetics of synthetic Na-smectite. An integrated experimental approach

  Nicolas C. M. Marty, Jordi Cama, Tsutomu Sato, Daisuke Chino, Frederic Villieras, Angelina Razafitianamaharavo, Jocelyne Brendle, Eric Giffaut, Josep M. Soler, Eric C. Gaucher, Christophe Tournassat

  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 75 (20) 5849 - 5864 0016-7037 2011/10 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The effect of pH and Gibbs energy on the dissolution rate of a synthetic Na-montmorillonite was investigated by means of flow-through experiments at 25 and 80 degrees C at pH of 7 and 9. The dissolution reaction took place stoichiometrically at 80 degrees C, whereas at 25 degrees C preferential release of Mg over Si and Al was observed. The TEM-EDX analyses (transmission electronic microscopy with quantitative chemical analysis) of the dissolved synthetic phase at 25 degrees C showed the presence of newly formed Si-rich phases, which accounts for the Si deficit. At low temperature, depletion of Si concentration was attributed to incongruent clay dissolution with the formation of detached Si tetrahedral sheets (i.e., alteration product) whereas the Al behaviour remains uncertain (e. g., possible incorporation into Al-rich phases). Hence, steady-state rates were based on the release of Mg. Ex situ AFM measurements were used to investigate the variations in reactive surface area. Accordingly, steady-state rates were normalized to the initial edge surface area (11.2 m(2) g(-1)) and used to propose the dissolution rate law for the dissolution reactions as a function of Delta G(r) at 25 degrees C and pH similar to 9: r(mol m(-2) s(-1)) = 3.82 x 10(-12) [1 - exp(-8.23 x 10(-10)vertical bar Delta G(r)/RT vertical bar(5.47))]. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• Characterization of an adsorbed humin-like substance on an allophanic soil formed via catalytic polycondensation between catechol and glycine, and its adsorption capability to pentachlorophenol

  Ryo Okabe, Akitaka Miura, Masami Fukushima, Motoki Terashima, Masahide Sasaki, Shigeki Fukuchi, Tsutomu Sato

  CHEMOSPHERE 83 (11) 1502 - 1506 0045-6535 2011/06 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  An allophanic soil (AS) catalyzed the formation of dark-colored polymers via polycondensation reactions between catechol and glycine. The organic carbon content of the AS was increased from 0.16% to 1.3%, indicating that some of the dark-colored polymers had been adsorbed to the AS. The characteristics of the dark-colored polymers adsorbed on the AS were similar to those of a humin that is not extractable with an aqueous alkaline solution. Such a humin-like substance (HuLS) was separated from the AS by treatment with a mixture of HF and HCl. The HuLS and humic acid-like substance (HaLS), comprising the acid-insoluble fraction in the reaction mixture, were characterized by elemental analysis, size exclusion chromatography, pyrolysis-GC/MS and (13)C NMR. However, the structural features of HaLS and HuLS had many points in common. These results suggest that HuLS-AS can be regarded as an organo-clay complex formed by the strong adsorption of HaLS to the AS. The adsorption of pentachlorophenol (PCP) to AS and HuLS-AS was examined at pH 5.5. At this pH, the zeta potential of the HuLS-AS showed a negative value. It would, therefore, be expected that pentachlorophenolate anions would adsorb with difficulty to HuLS-AS because of electrostatic repulsion. Nevertheless, the adsorption coefficient for PCP to HuLS-AS, as estimated by the Freundlich isotherm, was seven times larger than that for AS. These results show that HuLS, when adsorbed on the AS surface, has the capability to enhance the adsorption of PCP. (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• TEN-YEAR INTERACTION OF CARBON STEEL COUPON AND COMPACTED BENTONITES

  UENO KENICHI, SUYAMA TADAHIRO, ISHIDERA TAKAMITSU, SATO TSUTOMU

  Clay science 日本粘土学会 15 (2) 89 - 102 0009-8574 2011/06 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  In the Japanese high-level waste (HLW) repository design, compacted bentonite and carbon steel overpack are the main components of the engineering barrier system. The possibility that the chemical and physical properties of the compacted bentonite might change after interaction with corrosion products of the carbon steel has been noted. Experimental validation of the interaction of smectite in compacted bentonite as simulated in the HLW repository system is still very limited. This study focuses on smectite and corrosion product interaction and Fe migration behavior in compacted bentonite s...
• Evaluation of the Affinity of Some Toxic Elements to Schwertmannite in Natural Streams Contaminated with Acid Mine Drainage

  Tetsushi Nagano, Nobuyuki Yanase, Yukiko Hanzawa, Morio Takada, Hisayoshi Mitamura, Tsutomu Sato, Hirochika Naganawa

  WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION 216 (1-4) 153 - 166 0049-6979 2011/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  In order to evaluate fixation potential of schwertmannite for fluvial transport of various toxic elements, we examined bottom precipitates and stream waters collected from the rivers contaminated with acid mine drainage (AMD), which arose from the abandoned Nishinomaki mine (Shimonita, Gunma, Japan). Mineralogical and morphological observations revealed that schwertmannite was the main mineral of the precipitates. The affinity of various toxic ions to schwertmannite was evaluated on the basis of (1) apparent solid-liquid partition coefficients (K (d)'s) between precipitates and stream waters, (2) coprecipitation behaviors during schwertmannite formation in a laboratory test, and (3) consideration on coprecipitation processes using partial charge model (PCM). As a result, oxyanions of V, As, Mo and Sb, K (d)'s of which were relatively large (> 10(4) (ml g(-1))), were considered to be immobilized by schwertmannite precipitates. A laboratory test also demonstrated that these ions except Mo coprecipitated with schwertmannite. In addition, partial charges and average electronegativities predicted on the basis of PCM suggested that the oxyanions of V, As, Mo, and Sb could create stable inner sphere complexes with schwertmannite embryos, which results in their high affinity to schwertmannite. On the other hand, cationic ions of Mn, Cu, Zn, Sr, Cs, and U, K (d)'s of which were relatively small (< 10(4) (ml g(-1))), were thought to have a tendency to flow downstream without uptake by schwertmannite precipitates. All these results suggested that schwertmannite has high fixation potential for fluvial transport of various toxic oxyanions in AMD-contaminated rivers.
• ARSENIC REMOVAL FROM SYNTHETIC GROUNDWATER BY CAMBODIAN LATERITE

  PICH BUNCHOEUN, YONEDA TETSURO, SATO TSUTOMU

  Clay science 日本粘土学会 15 (1) 53 - 59 0009-8574 2011/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The high arsenic content in groundwaters of Kandal province, Cambodia has threatened about 1 million people with tens of them being at risk to arsenicosis. In this context, this study aims to investigate the removal of arsenic from Kandal groundwater by utilizing naturally available laterite from Kampong Cham province in order to obtain safe drinking waters for the people. The laterite samples were characterized with XRD, XRF, zeta potential analyzer, and surface area analyzer. Batch adsorption experiment of As(V) onto laterite was conducted under ambient temperature as a function of adsorb...
• A22 カルシウム炭酸塩鉱物によるヨウ素の取り込みとその長期安定性(口頭発表,一般講演)

  安楽 総太郎, 星野 純, 松原 勇武, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 55 74 - 75 2011
• A9 モンモリロナイト粒子の構造(口頭発表,一般講演)

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 55 48 - 49 2011
• A8 X線CT法による高アルカリ間隙水-ベントナイト相互作用の評価 : 圧縮ベントナイト中のモンモリロナイトの溶解速度の検討(口頭発表,一般講演)

  中林 亮, Elakneswaran Yogaraiah, 千野 大輔, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗, 小田 治恵, 金子 勝比古

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 55 46 - 47 2011
• Arsenic Mineralogy of some hydrothermal ore deposits in abandoned mine area of southwestern Hokkaido, Japan

  T. Yoneda, T. Bando, T. Sato

  Proc. of the 5th Int. Workshop and Conference on Earth Resources Technology 14 - 16 2011 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• P21 シュベルトマナイトの陽イオン及び陰イオン固定による効率的な酸性廃水処理の検討(ポスター発表,一般講演)

  西内 亨, 岡本 浩紀, 伊藤 健一, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 55 (0) 194 - 195 2011 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Interaction between compacted bentonite and hardened cement

  Masahito Shibata, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Tsutomu Sato

  Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan 日本原子力学会 10 (2) 91 - 104 1347-2879 2011 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The interaction between compacted bentonite and hardened cement was evaluated. Cement-bentonitecement-layered test specimens, after infiltrated with water, were subjected to various analyses. The EPMA analysis of the cross sections of the specimens indicated a homogeneous distribution of Ca leached from the cement paste in the bentonite. The quantity of Ca in the bentonite was apparently larger than the cation exchange capacity of the bentonite, suggesting the formation of secondary minerals involving Ca. © 2011 Atomic Energy Society of Japan, All Rights Reserved.
• Ion-cement hydrate interactions govern multi-ionic transport model for cementitious materials

  Y. Elakneswaran, A. Iwasa, T. Nawa, T. Sato, K. Kurumisawa

  CEMENT AND CONCRETE RESEARCH 40 (12) 1756 - 1765 0008-8846 2010/12 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The main objective of this investigation is to describe the interaction between cement hydrates and electrolyte solution to understand multi-ionic transport in cementitious materials. A surface complexation model in PHREEQC including an electrostatic term is used to simulate the ionic adsorption on the calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) surface. The equilibrium constants for the adsorption of ions on C-S-H surfaces are obtained by fitting experimental data to the model. The adsorption of both divalent and mono-valent cations, and also anions significantly changes the surface charges of hydrated paste. Chloride is being held in a chemical binding as Friedel's salt and bound mainly by the adsorptive action of C-S-H. An integrated modelling approach employing a phase-equilibrium model, a surface complexation model, and a multicomponent diffusion model has been developed in PHREEQC to simulate the multi-ionic transport through hydrated cement paste. It was found that the physical adsorption of ions on C-S-H, the size of pores, and the surface site density of C-S-H govern the rate of penetration of ionic species. Finally, the proposed model has been validated against chloride profiles measured in this study as well as with data available in the literature for hydrated cement paste. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• Elucidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sources in the sinking particles in Lake Biwa, Japan

  Nobuyasu Itoh, Shuji Tamamura, Tsutomu Sato, Michio Kumagai

  LIMNOLOGY 11 (3) 241 - 250 1439-8621 2010/12 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  We examined monthly changes in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment trap samples collected from the northern basin of Lake Biwa, Japan, from September 2003 to July 2004 to elucidate the sources of PAHs in the lake. The most abundant concentrations were those of pyrene and fluoranthene, at mu g g(-1) levels throughout the sampling period, with a strong positive relationship (r = 0.996, n = 10, P < 0.01). From the monthly changes in each PAH concentration and their ratios, we suspected two different sources: petroleum sources of lighter PAHs and combustion sources of middle to heavier PAHs. Because pyrene and fluoranthene decreased significantly with time during the sampling period (P < 0.05) and an abnormally high ratio of phenanthrene to anthracene was reported in September 2003, it appears that petroleum was accidentally spilled in September 2003. Although perylene was commonly found at mu g g(-1) levels in the sediment, its concentration was comparable with those of the other PAHs in sediment trap samples. As perylene showed no significant relationship with other PAHs or other indicator molecules, we suspect that the source of perylene was different from those of other PAHs, and the perylene was mainly formed from its precursors after deposition.
• Spectroscopic investigations of humic-like acids formed via polycondensation reactions between glycine, catechol and glucose in the presence of natural zeolites

  Shigeki Fukuchi, Akitaka Miura, Ryo Okabe, Masami Fukushima, Masahide Sasaki, Tsutomu Sato

  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE 982 (1-3) 181 - 186 0022-2860 2010/10 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Polycondensation reactions between low-molecular-weight compounds, such as amino acids, sugars and phenols, are crucially important processes in the formation of humic substances, and clay minerals have the ability to catalyze these reactions. In the present study, catechol (CT), glycine (Gly) and glucose (GI) were used as representative phenols, amino acids and sugars, respectively, and the effects of the catalytic activities of natural zeolites on polycondensation reactions between these compounds were investigated. The extent of polycondensation was evaluated by measuring the specific absorbance at 600 nm (E(600)) as an index of the degree of darkening. After a 3-week incubation period, the E(600) values for solutions that contained zeolite samples were 4-10 times greater than those measured in the absence of zeolite, suggesting that the zeolite had, in fact, catalyzed the polycondensation reaction. The humic-like acids (HLAs) produced in the reactions were isolated, and their elemental composition and molecular weights determined. When formed in the presence of a zeolite, the nitrogen contents and molecular weights for the HLAs were significantly higher, compared to the HLA sample formed in the absence of zeolite. In addition, solid-state CP-MAS (13)C NMR spectra and carboxylic group analyses of the HLA samples indicated that the concentration of carbonyl carbon species for quinones and ketones produced in the presence of zeolite were higher than the corresponding values for samples produced in the absence of a zeolite. Carbonyl carbons in quinones and ketones indicate the nucleophilic characteristics of the samples. Therefore, a nitrogen atom in Gly, which serves as nucleophile, is incorporated into quinones and ketones in CT and GI. The differences in the catalytic activities of the zeolite samples can be attributed to differences in their transition metal content (Fe, Mn and Ti), which function as Lewis acids. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Decomposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs) on Mineral Surface under Controlled Relative Humidity

  Shuji TAMAMURA, Tsutomu SATO, Yukie OTA, Ning TANG, Kazuichi HAYAKAWA

  Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition 80 (2) 185 - 191 1000-9515 2010/09/07
• A NOVEL REMEDIATION METHOD LEARNT FROM NATURAL ATTENUATION PROCESS FOR Cu- AND Zn-BEARING WASTEWATER

  OKAMOTO Hiroki, MORIMOTO Kazuya, ANRAKU Sohtaro, SATO Tsutomu, YONEDA Tetsuro

  Clay Sci 日本粘土学会 14 (5) 203-210 - 210 0009-8574 2010/09 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  To develop a novel remediation for Cu- and Zn-bearing wastewater, the natural attenuation process in Dougamaru abandoned mine at Shimane Prefecture, Japan was investigated. In the Dougamaru abandoned mine, Cu- and Zn-bearing mine drainage was naturally attenuated by formation of green precipitate composed of Cu-bearing layered double hydroxide (LDH), hydrowoodwardite (HW) with chemical formula such as Cu_<0.66>Zn_<0.09>Fe_<0.01>Al_<0.23>(OH)_2(SO_4)_<0.15>・mH_2O. This attenuation was achieved at pH 6.0 with aeration and bacterial respiration and without any neutralization process attributed to the mixing with spring or surface water. The formation of the HW at pH 6 is also confirmed by thermodynamic consideration in this study. The formation process of the HW at the Dougamaru abandoned mine teaches us a novel technology for remediation system with addition of Al ion to wastewater and without employing any extensive chemical treatment processes. From the experiment to check applicability of Cu- and Zn-bearing LDHs to wastewater treatment, HW (Cu-bearing LDH) and zincowoodwardite (ZW; Zn-bearing LDH) were obtained by addition of Al ion to the Cu- and Zn-bearing wastewater from lower pH condition. The improvement of removal efficiency by adding Al ion in Cu-bearing wastewater system was not so clear in the experiment because Cu ion is removed from the synthetic wastewater due to Cu-hydroxyl sulfate precipitation at the experimental condition. On the other hand, the removal efficiencies of Zn ion showed the range from 0 to 30% even at pH 6.0 and improved with increasing initial Al ion content. The experimental results in Zn-bearing wastewater system indicate that the safety remediation of Zn ion can be achieved even at lower pH than 6.0-7.0 by selection of the ZW as a candidate of the solubility-limiting solid phase. Moreover, because of high anion exchange capacity of LDH, the method with addition of Al ion source for the wastewater treatment may also be useful for the treatment of wastewater containing Cu and Zn ions and simultaneously with As, Se, and Sb anions, which shows good performance in terms of anion remediation.
• Incorporation of arsenic during the formation of Mg-bearing minerals at alkaline condition

  E. M. Opiso, T. Sato, K. Morimoto, A. Asai, S. Anraku, C. Numako, T. Yoneda

  MINERALS ENGINEERING 23 (3) 230 - 237 0892-6875 2010/02 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The release of toxic anions during the chemical weathering of alkaline wastes such as blast furnace slag and coal fly ash presents a serious problem to public health and the environment. This study investigated arsenate sorption behavior onto Mg-bearing minerals formed in the Mg-Si-Al system at alkaline pH conditions in order to understand the safe removal and encapsulation of arsenate by Mg-bearing minerals under such conditions. Sorption experiments were performed during and after mineral formation and leaching tests using phosphate bearing solution were conducted to understand arsenic association with the minerals. The results revealed that brucite (Mg(OH)(2)), hydrotalcite (Mg(6)Al(2)(CO(3))(OH)(16)center dot 4(H(2)O)) and serpentine (MgSi(2)O(5)(OH)(4)) have high uptake capacity for arsenate. However, arsenic incorporation was only observed during the formation of high Al content hydrotalcite and serpentine minerals and was greatly enhanced at higher temperature. This implies that by controlling pore water chemistry of alkaline wastes with high reactivity, the irreversible fixation of arsenic by Mg-bearing minerals in alkaline conditions can be expected. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• Some Reference Data for the JCSS Clay Specimens

  MIYAWAKI Ritsuro, SANO Takashi, OHASHI Fumihiko, SUZUKI Masaya, KOGURE Toshihiro, OKUMURA Taiga, KAMEDA Jun, UMEZOME Takuya, SATO Tsutomu, CHINO Daisuke, HIROYAMA Kaori, YAMADA Hirohisa, TAMURA Kenji, MORIMOTO Kazuya, UEHARA Seiichiro, HATTA Tamao

  Nendo Kagaku 日本粘土学会 48 (4) 158 - 198 0470-6455 2010/01/18 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural analogue studies of bentonite reaction under hyperalkaline conditions: Overview of ongoing work at the Zambales Ophiolite, Philippines

  N. Fujii, C. A. Arcilla, M. Yamakawa, C. Pascua, K. Namiki, T. Sato, N. Shikazono, W. R. Alexander

  Proceedings of the International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, ICEM 2 41 - 50 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Bentonite is one of the safety-critical components of the engineered barrier system for the disposal concepts developed for many types of radioactive waste. However, bentonite - especially the swelling clay component that contributes to its essential barrier functions - is unstable at high pH. To date, results from laboratory tests on bentonite degradation have been ambiguous as the reaction rates are so slow as to be difficult to observe. As such, a key goal in this project is to examine the reaction of natural bentonites in contact with natural hyperalkaline groundwaters to determine if any long-term alteration of the bentonite occurs. Ophiolites have been identified as sources of hyperalkaline groundwaters that can be considered natural analogues of the leachates produced by some cementitious materials in repositories for radioactive waste. At the Zambales ophiolite in the Philippines, widespread active serpentinisation results in hyperalkaline groundwaters with measured pH values of up to 11.7, falling into the range typical of low-alkali cement porewaters. These cements are presently being developed worldwide to minimise the geochemical perturbations which are expected to result from the use of OPC-based concretes (see Kamei et al., this conference, for details). In particular, it is hoped that the lower pH of the low-alkali cement leachates will reduce, or even avoid entirely, the potential degradation of the bentonite buffer which is expected at the higher pH levels (12.5 and above) common to OPC-based concretes. During recent field campaigns at two sites in the Zambales ophiolite (Mangatarem and Bigbiga), samples of bentonite and the associated hyperalkaline groundwaters have been collected by drilling and trenching. At Mangatarem, qualitative data from a 'fossil' (i.e. no groundwater is currently present) reaction zone indicates some alteration of the bentonite to zeolite, serpentine and CSH phases. Preliminary reaction path modelling suggests that the zeolites could have been produced as a product of smectite reaction in the hyperalkaline groundwaters. Although not included in this calculation to date, the CSH phases identified are completely consistent with reaction of clays with hyperalkaline groundwaters, as seen at other sites worldwide. At the Bigbiga site, an active hyperalkaline groundwater/bentonite reaction zone (at the base of the bentonite deposit) has recently been identified and a drilling campaign is planned for late autumn 2010. © 2010 by ASME.
• FORMATION OF SECONDARY MINERALS AND UPTAKE OF VARIOUS ANIONS UNDER NATURALLY-OCCURRING HYPERALKALINE CONDITIONS IN OMAN

  Sohtaro Anraku, Kazuya Morimoto, Tsutomu Sato, Tetsuro Yoneda

  PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT 2009, VOL 2 849 - 854 2010 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  In Japanese transuranic (TRU) waste disposal facilities, (129)I is the most important key nuclide for the long-term safety assessment. Thus, the Kd values of I to natural minerals are important factor in the safety assessment. However, the degradation of cement materials in the repositories can produce high pH pore fluid which can affect the anion transport behavior. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the behavior of anions such as I(-) under the hyperalkaline conditions. The natural hyperalkaline spring water (pH>11) in the Oman ophiolite is known to be generated from the partly serpentinized peridotites. The spring water is characteristically hyperalkaline, reducing, low-Mg, Si and HCO(3)(-), and high-Ca, while the river water is moderately alkaline, oxidizing, high-Mg and HCO(3)(-). The mixing of these spring and river water resulted in the formation of secondary minerals. In the present study, the naturally occurring hyperalkaline conditions near the springs in Oman were used as natural analogue for the interaction between cement pore fluid and natural Mg-HCO(3)(-) groundwater. The present aim of this paper is to examine the conditions of secondary mineral formation and the anion uptake capacity of these mineral in this system. Water and precipitate samples were collected from the different locations around the spring vent to identify the effect of mixing ratios between spring and river water on mineral composition and water-mineral distribution coefficient of various anions. On-site synthesis was also carried out to support these data quantitatively. Aragonite was observed in all precipitates, while calcite, brucite and Mg-Al hydrotalcite-like compounds (HTlc) were also determined in some samples. Calcite was observed only closed to the springs. At locations far from the springs, calcite formation was inhibited due to high-Mg fluid from river water. Brucite was observed from the springs with relatively low-Al concentration and HTlc was the opposite. During the formation of the minerals at the mixing points, HCO3- in the river water was fixed as carbonate minerals such as in aragonite and calcite while H(3)SiO(4)(-) in the river water was dominantly fixed into interlayers and surfaces of HTlc. Iodine in spring and river water was mainly fixed in aragonite. Therefore, the uptake I(-) by secondary minerals can be expected at hyperalkaline conditions as observed at Oman hyperalkaline springs.
• 鉱床探査における熱水指標としての層状ケイ酸塩鉱物の重要性，緑泥石－スメクタイト系鉱物の化学組成と構造特性の適用性

  米田哲朗, 木工裕史, 佐藤努

  資源・素材2010（福岡）,企画発表講演資料A 205 - 208 2010 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 西南北海道の二つのタイプの浅熱水性金鉱床における砒素の鉱物学と溶出特性の比較

  坂東知哉, 米田哲朗, 畑山恵, 佐藤努, 伊藤俊彦

  資源・素材2010（福岡）,企画発表講演資料A 209 - 212 2010 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural iodine in a clay formation: Implications for iodine fate in geological disposals

  F. Claret, C. Lerouge, T. Laurioux, M. Bizi, T. Conte, J. P. Ghestem, G. Wille, T. Sato, E. C. Gaucher, E. Giffaut, C. Tournassat

  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 74 (1) 16 - 29 0016-7037 2010/01 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Iodine is one of the most problematic radioisotopes in the context of nuclear waste geological disposal due to its high mobility. Considerable effort has been dedicated to the measurement of its potential retardation during diffusive transport leading to conflicting results, from no retardation to significant retardation, leading in turn to considerable debate. The present study aims at providing new insights into this aspect of the iodine problem by careful quantification of iodine reservoirs in the Callovian-Oxfordian (Cox) clay rock taken here as model material for these studies. The present study confirmed the ubiquitous presence of iodine at 1-5 mg kg(-1) level in the Cox clayey formation. The iodide concentration level in the pore-water is also confirmed at a value in the range similar to 20-40 mu mol L(-1), i.e. higher than the expected range of radio-iodine concentration in the far-field of the storage. Surprisingly, most of the iodine was found not to be associated with organic matter but rather in an inorganic form associated with carbonate minerals. This result has potentially significant implications for the fate of radio-iodine. In undisturbed far-field conditions, most natural iodine would not be accessible for isotopic exchange with radioactive iodine, reducing the effective Kd to negligible values. During laboratory experiments, good monitoring of the geo-chemical parameters (at least the Eh, pH, P(CO2), [Ca] and [Mg]) is mandatory to avoid iodine-bearing carbonate precipitation and to enable rigorous interpretation of the iodide diffusion/retention experiments. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• Adsorption and co-precipitation behavior of arsenate, chromate, selenate and boric acid with synthetic allophane-like materials

  Einstine Opiso, Tsutomu Sato, Tetsuro Yoneda

  JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 170 (1) 79 - 86 0304-3894 2009/10 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Pollution caused by boric acid and toxic anions such as As(V), Cr(VI) and Se(VI) is hazardous to human health and environment. The sorption characteristics of these environmentally significant ionic species on allophane-like nanoparticles were investigated in order to determine whether allophane can reduce their mobility in the subsurface environment at circum-neutral pH condition. Solutions containing 100 or 150 mmol of AlCl(3)center dot 6H(2)O were mixed to 100 mmol of Na(4)SiO(4) and the pH were adjusted to 6.4 +/- 0.3. The mineral suspensions were shaken for 1 hand incubated at 80 degrees C for 5 days. Appropriate amounts of As, B, Cr and Se solutions were added separately during and after allophane, precipitation. The results showed that As(V) and boric acid can be irreversibly fixed during co-precipitation in addition to surface adsorption. However, Cr(VI) and Se(VI) retention during and after allophane precipitation is mainly controlled by surface adsorption. The structurally fixed As(V) and boric acid were more resistant to release than those bound on the surface. The sorption characteristics of oxyanions and boric acid were also influenced by the final Si/Al molar ratio of allophane in which Al-rich allophane tend to have higher uptake capacity. The overall results of this study have demonstrated the role of allophane-like nanoparticles and the effect of its Si/Al ratio on As, B, Cr and Se transport processes in the subsurface environment. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Microstructure of saturated bentonites characterized by X-ray CT observations

  Chie Kawaragi, Tetsuro Yoneda, Tsutomu Sato, Katsuhiko Kaneko

  ENGINEERING GEOLOGY 106 (1-2) 51 - 57 0013-7952 2009/05 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Bentonite is a very attractive raw material as a compacted clay liner at general waste disposal sites and also as a buffer material at radioactive waste disposal sites. It has been considered that the permeability of bentonite, the most important index for evaluating barrier materials, is closely related to its microstructure. Recent studies in geological material science show that X-ray computerized tomography (X-ray CT) is a very powerful too[ for the study on microstructure and hydro-osmotic phenomena (e.g. Wong and Wibowo [Wong, R., Wibowo, R., 2000. Tomographic evaluation of air and water flow patterns in soil column. Geotech. Test. J. 23, 413-422]). Permeability tests and micro X-ray CT observations of Wyoming bentonite were performed to describe the relationship between microstructure and permeability of the bentonite used as a barrier material. Two types of samples, compacted bentonite-quartz sand mixtures and raw bentonite ores, were used in this study. The X-ray CT observations of the bentonite-quartz sand mixtures show that 'vacant pores' and 'bentonite-water complexes' of the bentonite samples after water permeation are distinguishable in X-ray CT images, and that the micro-structural differences are closely relating to the sample permeability, and depend on the mixing and saturation conditions. Permeability tests and X-ray CT observations of the bentonite ore samples show that the permeability and the microstructure are independent to the sedimentary texture developed within the ore samples. In addition, it is characteristic that the bentonite ore samples with micro-cracks show low hydraulic conductivity, comparable to the compacted powder bentonite, implying that cracks in the sample are filled with 'bentonite-water complexes' formed after permeation. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Complexation Reactions of Oxyanions on Brucite Surfaces

  MORIMOTO Kazuya, SATO Tsutomu, YONEDA Tetsuro

  Nendo Kagaku The Clay Science Society of Japan 48 (1) 9 - 17 0470-6455 2009/04/10 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Complexation reactions of environmentally important oxyanions such as nitrate (NO_3), sulfate (SO_4), phosphate (PO_4), and arsenate (AsO_4) on brucite (Mg(OH)_2) surfaces were investigated to understand the role of brucite in immobilization of hazardous oxyanions at hyperalkaline environment. The impacts by surface complexation reactions on solid state properties of brucite were also evaluated. Synthetic brucite was used for the adsorption and post-adsorption experiments as a starting material. In the adsorption experiments, the synthesized brucite was reacted with various oxyanion solutio...
• Seasonal Deposition Fluxes of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Lake Biwa, Japan

  Shuji Tamamura, Tsutomu Sato, Yukie Ota, Yasuaki Aota, Kenji Kashiwaya, Michio Kumagai

  WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION 198 (1-4) 297 - 306 0049-6979 2009/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Seasonal deposition fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the North Basin of Lake Biwa were investigated by monthly collecting sediment trap samples through a year from July 2003. Average deposition flux of total PAHs was 75 ng cm(-2) year(-1), similar to those for other rural area. Deposition fluxes of PAHs did varied seasonally. In the vertical mixing period of the lake, late autumn to early spring, the fluxes of less volatile PAHs were enhanced while those for volatile PAHs were not. The size difference of particles associated with volatile and less volatile PAHs caused the seasonal variation of the fluxes. Oil discharge from water delivery equipments may contribute the fluxes of volatile PAHs in summer to autumn.
• Generation of high-alkaline springs and occurrence of secondary minerals in Oman Ophiolite

  Morimoto Kazuya, Anraku Sohtaro, Sato Tsutomu, Yoneda Tetsuro

  Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan 日本地球化学会 56 103 - 103 2009 

  オマーンオフィオライトにおいて、モホ遷移帯付近よりpH11を超える高アルカリ泉の湧出が認められている。本研究では、高アルカリ泉の組成と湧出口付近で地表水との混和により生成している白色の沈殿物の組成を明らかにし、それらの生成過程について考察した。白色の沈殿物は全てアラゴナイトやカルサイトといった炭酸カルシウムを多く含んでいた。このほかMg含有鉱物であるブルーサイトやハイドロタルサイトを特徴的に含む試料があった。ハイドロタルサイトの生成には、高アルカリ泉中のAl濃度が大きく寄与していた。またIR・SEM-EDX分析より、ハイドロタルサイトが陰イオンとしてケイ酸イオンを含有していることが示唆された。高アルカリ泉の進化過程において、ケイ酸イオンを含有するハイドロタルサイトの生成がSiおよびMgのシンクとして重要な役割を果たしていることが推察された。
• Effect of calcium silicate hydrate precipitates at cementitious and bentonite material interface on long-term engineered barrier system performance in TRU waste disposal facilities

  Susumu Kurosawa, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Kiyofumi Nitta, Chiya Numako, Kazuko Haga, Masahito Shibata, Tsutomu Sato, Toshiyuki Nakazawa, Hitoshi Owada

  Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 1193 489 - 496 0272-9172 2009 

  Chemical conditions and mass transport properties of engineered barrier systems in TRU waste facilities would change with time due to the interaction of cement/bentonite materials. (TRU waste' is one of categories of the radioactive wastes and contains a significant amount of alpha-emitting transuranic nuclides. In some countries, these wastes are classified into the Intermediate Level Waste (ILW).) Previous numerical model analyses to assess the long-term performance of engineered barrier systems in TRU waste repositories predicted to form Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) species at the interface between the cementitious and bentonite materials. If C-S-H precipitates in the bentonite side of the boundary, mass transport in the bentonite buffer decreases and mineralogical alterations are expected to be restricted for a long period. The evidence of C-S-H precipitation in the bentonite side, however, still has not been identified in the former experimental studies. To improve the reliability of numerical analyses, immersion experiments were performed using contact samples of cementitious and bentonite materials, and X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis was carried out to detect C-S-H precipitation at the contacting interface. Precipitation of C-S-H was confirmed from the obtained XAFS spectra. This result is one of the evidences to show the validity of the current numerical model analyses, which suggests that the bentonite buffer performance as an engineered barrier would be kept over a long period. © 2009 Materials Research Society.
• Arsenic Immobilization by Mg-bearing Minerals at Alkaline pH Condition: Lessons Learnt from Natural Processes

  E.M. Opiso, T. Sato, K. Morimoto, S. Anraku, C. Numako, T. Yoneda

  Proc. of the 3rd International Workshop and Conference on Earth Resources and Technology CD-ROM 2009 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Arsenate incorporation onto allophone

  E.M. Opiso, T. Sato, T. Yoneda

  Proc. of the 1st Regional Conference on Geo-Disaster Mitigation and Waste Management in ASEAN 78 - 84 2009 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• XRDリートベルト法による鉱物定量分析の探査への適用について

  米田哲朗, 坂東知哉, 佐藤 努

  資源・素材札幌2009 講演資料集 (A6) 187 - 190 2009 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Adsorption of Oxyanions and Post-Adsorption Behavior of Schwertmannite

  TAKADA Morio, FUKUSHI Keisuke, SATO Tsutomu, YONEDA Tetsuro

  Nendo Kagaku The Clay Science Society of Japan 47 (4) 255 - 260 0470-6455 2008/12/28 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Adsorption and post-adsorption characteristics of different oxyanions such as P, Cr, As and Se onto schwertmannite were investigated in order to understand the role of schwertmannite in acid mine drainage, and its performance and safety assessment in remediation system. Synthetic schwertmannite was used for the adsorption and post-adsorption experiments as a starting material. In the adsorption experiments, the starting material was reacted with various oxyanion solutions such as Na_2HPO_4, Na_2CrO_4・4H_2O, Na_2HAsO_4・7H_2O and Na_2SeO_4 with concentration up to 2.0mM at around pH 3.9. Domi...
• A Novel Remediation Method for Arsenic Bearing Acid Mine Drainage Learnt from Natural Attenuation Process

  ITO Kenichi, FUKUSHI Keisuke, HASHIMOTO Koichi, TANAKA Chima, IKEDA Hodaka, SATO Tsutomu, YONEDA Tetsuro

  Journal of MMIJ 社団法人 資源・素材学会 124 (8) 519 - 528 1881-6118 2008/08/25 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The acid mine drainages (AMD) are treated by neutralization with the two problems: (1) an enormous expenditure; and (2) a discharge of neutralization sludge. In this context, as a case study, a novel remediation method was applied for AMD at Horobetsu mine. The schwertmannite is generated by iron-oxidizing bacteria with Fe<SUP>2+</SUP> and SO<SUB>4</SUB><SUP>2-</SUP> in acidic mine waters. Its efficiency in As uptake through sorption has been documented in the natural attenuation in Nishinomaki. This study demonstrates the advantages and feasibility of utilizing schwertmannite as a novel re...
• Environmental geochemistry of inorganic anions

  Sato Tsutomu, Fukushi Keisuke, Yoneda Tetsuro

  Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan 日本地球化学会 55 339 - 339 2008 

  近年、世界各地で問題となっている有害無機陰イオンによる地下水・土壌汚染は、多岐にわたる分野で解決が望まれている緊急課題である。有害無機陰イオンに限らず、土壌や地層などの天然における化学物質の挙動を解析する場合には、その移動媒体である天然水に溶出した物質がどのように存在し、どのようにして構成物質表面に濃縮され蓄積されるか（収着されるか）について記述し予測することが必要となる。そこで発表では、その記述や予測に不可欠となる代表的な無機陰イオン種のスペシエーションや代表的な鉱物への吸着・収着挙動についてまとめるとともに、それらを踏まえたうえで、天然における有害無機陰イオンのマネージメントの方策について議論する。
• Uptake of inorganic anions by minerals formed at subsurface of the Earth

  Sato Tsutomu, Asai Atsushi, Anraku Sotaro, Morimoto Kazuya, Opiso Einstine, Numako Chiya, Yoneda Tetsuro

  Abstracts for Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences 日本鉱物科学会 2008 159 - 159 2008 

  The contamination of groundwater with dissolved cationic chemical species such as Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, and Pb has been an important concern in the past. Dissolved anionic species such as As has received a more important focus due to its prevalence in West Bengal as a toxic contaminant affecting several hundreds of thousands of people. Nitrates and phosphates from excessive use of fertilizers in agriculture and detergents in households are grim reminders of dissolved anion contamination in rural groundwater supplies. Chemical weathering of slag and fly ash recycled as cement materials can release anionic chemical species that has alarmed the industrial community. Long-lived dissolved anionic nuclides such as 14C, 36Cl, 79Se, 99Tc and 129I from radioactive wastes of the nuclear power industry are also a cause for grave concern. The behavior of dissolved anionic chemical species in the natural environment has proved to be the most important factor in determining their hazards and their accumulation in minerals that comprises rocks and soils. In this context, this paper presents a review of the chemical speciation of hazardous inorganic anions in groundwater. It is one of main objectives of the manuscript to depict and understand anion mobility at different pH and redox conditions in the natural geochemical environment. A substantial part focuses on adsorptive behavior of the anions onto goethite as the representative adsorbent in the natural environment. Finally, the management strategies involved in controlling hazardous inorganic anions in the natural environments, i.e., natural remediation strategies of anions, are comprehensively reviewed and discussed. The final part is reinforced by several examples of natural attenuation processes in governing the anion mobility.
• Comparison of amino acid polymerization catalysis on different mineral surfaces

  Hiroyama Kaori, Ota Yukie, Sato Tsutomu, Yoneda Tetsuro

  Abstracts for Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences 日本鉱物科学会 2008 170 - 170 2008 

  There is no research focused the characteristic for solid acid of minerals mineral surfaces is changed by relative humidity control. When the activation of catalysis on mineral surfaces is considered, water must be controlled and relative humidity can play this role. This may be a key to find out mechanism of peptide formation on mineral surfaces. It showed that the mineral catalysis for amino acid polymerization changed controlling relative humidity and Hectorite was the most effective catalyst. The factor that the catalytic efficiencies differ from each clay minerals may be the composition rather than the structure of clay minerals. As Hectorite is Mg- O in the structure, I conducted relative humidity experiment with Periclase. Mg-O may be the catalytic site to amino acid polymerization.
• Measurement of crystallite thickness for clay minerals in the Toyoha geothermal and mining area, Hokkaido

  Mokko Hiroshi, Yoneda Tetsuro, Sato Tsutomu

  Abstracts for Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences 日本鉱物科学会 2008 82 - 82 2008 

  The properties of hydrothermal clay minerals such as crystallite thickness and its distribution can be related to their formational environments in the hydrothermal systems. In this study chlorite and mica mineral from two 1000m vertical drill holes and hydrothermal ore veins in Toyoha geothermal and mining area were analyzed to calculate crystallite thickness by using the MudMaster computer program(Drits et al., 1996). The averaged particle sizes of chlorite are ranging from 20 to 30nm in thickness. In the lower part of one drill hole, they gradually increase correlating with depth.
• An application of XRD Rietveld method to the mineral phase quantification of geological materials

  T. Yoneda, K. Sasaki, T. Sato

  Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Workshop and Conference on Earth Resources Technology 2008 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• A Novel Remediation Method for Arsenic Bearing Acid Mine Drainage Learnt from Natural Attenuation Process

  ITO Kenichi, FUKUSHI Keisuke, HASHIMOTO Koichi, TANAKA Chima, IKEDA Hodaka, SATO Tsutomu, YONEDA Tetsuro

  Shigen-to-Sozai The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan 124 (8) 519 - 528 1881-6118 2008 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The acid mine drainages (AMD) are treated by neutralization with the two problems: (1) an enormous expenditure; and (2) a discharge of neutralization sludge. In this context, as a case study, a novel remediation method was applied for AMD at Horobetsu mine. The schwertmannite is generated by iron-oxidizing bacteria with Fe²⁺ and SO₄^2- in acidic mine waters. Its efficiency in As uptake through sorption has been documented in the natural attenuation in Nishinomaki. This study demonstrates the advantages and feasibility of utilizing schwertmannite as a novel remediation method for AMD.
  At first, the drainage and sludge in Horobetsu mine were characterized to investigate the current method. Secondly, the synthesis of schwertmannite and arsenic removal from the drainage were examined. Results of the characterization indicated that the sludge contained much residual calcite and arsenic by adsorption to the ferrihydrite. The calcite, however, may be dissolved with rainwater. After the reaction, pH of the sludge should be increased and then, which presumably causes the desorption of arsenic from the ferrihydrite. On the contrary, schwertmannite, successfully synthesized from Horobetsu mine drainage by pH adjustment to pH 3.5, removed As almost completely from the drainage.
  A novel processing method proposed based on the above results consists of the following procedure: (1) arsenic in AMD is removed by the schwertmannite, process, (2) As-free schwertmannite is spontaneously synthesized from the drainage by pH adjustment to pH 3.5 and iron-oxidizing bacteria, and supplied to (1), and (3) the drainage is neutralized in order to remove sulfate by using the waste concrete. In the above procedure, As-bearing schwertmannite, As-free schwertmannite and gypsum are produced as byproduct. This novel processing method is therefore defined as combination system including the removal of arsenic, iron, and sulfate and the resource recovery from AMD.
• Factors Affecting to the Viscosity of Montmorillonite/Water Suspension 1. Relationship between Electrical Conductivity and Viscosity in Aqueous Montmorillonite Suspensions

  SUZUKI KEIZO, SATO TSUTOMU, YONEDA TETSURO, ENOTO HIROYUKI

  粘土科学 日本粘土学会 46 (2) 120 - 130 0470-6455 2007/06/04 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Montmorillonite samples were obtained from the suspension of Yamagata-bentonite with four purification processes to investigate underlying conditions which cause their viscosity. The samples were also treated repeatedly by 70% 2-propanol solution with different times to prepare the samples with different amounts of water soluble salts. Moreover, the treatments with sodium acetate-acetic acid solution (pH:5.0) and NaCl solution were conducted to dissolve Ca-carbonate minerals and to homo-ionize the samples. Electrical conductivity (relating to the amount of water soluble salts) and viscosity of the montmorillonite suspensions were measured for the samples with different pre-treatments. From the results of measurements, the following conclusions were obtained. 1. Viscosities of the montmorillonite suspension are negatively correlated with their electrical conductivities. Under the higher content of water soluble salts (higher electrical conductivity), viscosity of the samples is lower. 2. In the salt concentration of 2.5 × 10^<-6>〜2.5 × 10^<-4>moll^<-1>, zeta-potentials of the samples are almost constant. 3. Even under the same content of water soluble salts, the obvious difference in viscosity of the samples with four purification processes was observed. The order of viscosity among the samples was not changed even after treatments with sodium acetate-acetic acid solution (pH:5.0) and NaCl solution. Consequently, the difference in the viscosity, therefore, may not arise from the external chemical conditions such as content of water soluble salts and species of exchangeable cation. 4. The observed difference in viscosity among the samples would be attributed to the difference in aspect ratios or particle sizes (sizes in a-b plane) of montmorillonite in the samples with different purification processes.
• Uptake of dissolved arsenic during the retrieval of silica from spent geothermal brine

  Chelo Supnet Pascua, Mio Minato, Shingo Yokoyama, Tsutomu Sato

  GEOTHERMICS 36 (3) 230 - 242 0375-6505 2007/06 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  A study has been made on the uptake of dissolved arsenic in a recirculation system designed to extract silicates for secondary use from spent (i.e. cooled) geothermal brine. Excess dissolved calcium, due to addition of lime (CaO), favours the precipitation of As-bearing phases in the retrieved materials. Controlling dissolved calcium in a continuous recirculation system is not easy to achieve; arsenic removal prior to precipitation of silicates is expected to be more practical. Predicted and measured arsenic speciation in the spent geothermal brine is dominated by arsenite species that were previously shown to lack affinity with most inorganic sorbents. However, synthetic schwertmannite was able to selectively remove dissolved arsenic without any significant accompanying decrease in silica concentrations. Its use prior to the introduction of spent geothermal brine into the recirculation system will likely make silica retrieval more feasible. (c) 2007 CNR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• Long-range transport of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the eastern Asian continent to Kanazawa, Japan with Asian dust

  Shuji Tamamura, Tsutomu Sato, Yukie Ota, Xilong Wang, Ning Tang, Kazuichi Hayakawa

  ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT 41 (12) 2580 - 2593 1352-2310 2007/04 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Aerosol particles were collected for I year, starting in April 2003, in rural areas of Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan to understand the role of Asian dust as a long-range transporter of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Three sampling intervals were designated in this study, namely: (1) Dust period I (March 11-19, 2003); (2) Dust period 2 (March 28, 2003-April 9, 2003); and (3) Dust period 3 (April 9, 2004-April 25, 2004). The Asian dust particles are predominantly in the coarse particle size range (2.1-11 mu m). PAH analyses were performed separately on both the coarse and fine (< 1.1 mu m) particle ranges. Seasonal trends in PAH concentrations for coarse and fine particles showed that the Asian dust particles in Dust period 3 contained significant amounts of less-volatile PAHs such as benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and benzo[g,h,i]perylene (BghiP). A kinetic model developed in this study shows that almost none of these PAHs would be accumulated on Asian dust particles in the atmosphere, due to their extremely slow adsorption rates. These PAHs would have to originate from PAH-polluted soil particles around industrialized areas. Back trajectory analyses suggest that the Asian dust in Dust period 3 came from loess regions around industrialized areas. This indicates that geologic materials play a significant role in the atmospheric circulation of PAHs. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• XAFS study of as in K-T boundary clays

  Shunsuke Sakai, Akira Yoshiasa, Hiroshi Arima, Maki Okube, Chiya Numako, Tsutomu Sato

  AIP Conference Proceedings 882 274 - 276 0094-243X 2007 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Local structure around arsenic atoms in K-T boundary clays was studied by As K-edge XAFS spectroscopy. The threshold E0 energy of As and the characterization of the white peak of XANES spectra agree well with the values of As(+5) minerals like Zn2(AsO4)2(OH) 22H2O and CaCu(AsO4)(OH) according to the comparison with several types of arsenic minerals. This indicates that arsenic is in a high oxidation state As(+5) and occupies the AsO4 tetrahedral site of a mineral in K-T boundary clays. © 2007 American Institute of Physics.
• Environmental Behavior and Management of Hazardous Inorganic Anions in Nature

  SATO Tsutomu, FUKUSHI Keisuke, YONEDA Tetsuro

  Journal of MMIJ 社団法人 資源・素材学会 123 (4) 132 - 144 1881-6118 2007 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The contamination of groundwater with dissolved cationic chemical species such as Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Hg, and Pb has been an important concern in the past. Dissolved anionic species such as As has received a more important focus due to its prevalence in West Bengal as a toxic contaminant affecting several hundreds of thousands of people. Nitrates and phosphates from excessive use of fertilizers in agriculture and detergents in households are grim reminders of dissolved anion contamination in rural groundwater supplies. Chemical weathering of slag and fly ash recycled as cement materials can rel...
• Preparation and Characterization of Highly Purified Montmorillonite

  Keizo SUZUKI, Shinsuke TAKAGI, Tsutomu SATO, Tetsuro YONEDA

  Nendokagaku 日本粘土学会 46 (3) 147 - 155 0470-6455 2007 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Highly purified montmorillonite (HP-Mont) was prepared to understand the original characteristics of montmorillonite by the combined treatments such as sedimentation, super centrifugation, treating with alcohol solution, decarbonation with acetic acid -sodium acetate buffer solution, Na-exchange with sodium chloride solution. The prepared montmorillonite was comprehensively characterized, and the characteristics of HP-Mont were compared with commercial montmorillonite (Com-Mont) and summarized as follows; 1. Results of XRD, TG-DTA, CEC, LC measurements showed that the HP-Mont was extremely pure montmorillonite. Layer charge was 0.410 e.s.u./half unit cell, 30% of the layer charge was located in tetrahedral layers, and the rest was in octahedral layers. 2. After removal of quartz and soil organics, the HP-Mont showed white color in powder and transparent in aqueous suspension. 3. Aqueous suspension of the HP-Mont had high viscosity and the viscosity for 1.5% suspension of the HP-Mont was higher than that for 4.0% suspension of the Com-Mont. 4. Aqueous suspension of the HP-Mont was slightly acidic due to removal of sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate. 5. The planar size of the HP-Mont was comparatively smaller than that of the Com-Mont, as the result of separation by super-centrifugation. 6. Zeta potential of the HP-Mont was slightly larger than that of the Com-Mont. due to the result of removal of soluble salts.
• Natural attenuation of antimony in mine drainage water

  Mitsuo Manaka, Nobuyuki Yanase, Tsutomu Sato, Keisuke Fukushi

  GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 41 (1) 17 - 27 0016-7002 2007 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  In this study, we investigated the natural attenuation of antimony (Sb) in the drainage water of an abandoned mine. Drainage water, waste rocks, and ocherous precipitates collected from the mine were investigated in terms of their mineralogy and chemistry. The chemistry of the drainage water was analyzed by measuring pH, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), and electric conductivity on site as well as by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and ion chromatography. As the drainage flowed downstream, the pH decreased rapidly from 7.05 to 3.26 and then increased slowly to 3.50. In a section where the pH increased, ocherous precipitates occur on a drainage water channel. We determined Sb levels in the drainage water, and the distribution of Sb in the mineral phases of waste rocks and precipitates was estimated by means of a sequential extraction procedure. The results of these investigations indicated that Sb, which is generated by the dissolution of stibnite (Sb2S3) and secondary formed Sb minerals in waste rocks, was attenuated by iron-bearing ocherous precipitates, especially schwertmannite, that form over time in the drainage water. The Sb concentrations in the ocherous precipitates were up to 370 mg/kg, whereas the Sb concentrations in the drainage water downstream were below background levels (0.6 mu g/L). Bulk distribution coefficients (K-d) for this Sb adsorption to the precipitates ranges up to at least 10(5) L/kg.
• Size distribution and anthropogenic sources apportionment of airborne trace metals in Kanazawa, Japan

  Xilong Wang, Tsutomu Sato, Baoshan Xing

  CHEMOSPHERE 65 (11) 2440 - 2448 0045-6535 2006/12 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Aerosol samples were collected from Kanazawa, Japan to examine the size distribution of 12 elements and to identify the major sources of anthropogenic elements. Key emission sources were identified and, concentrations contributed from individual sources were estimated as well. Concentrations of elements V, Ca, Cd, Fe, Ba, Mg, Mn, Ph, Sr, Zn, Co and Cu in aerosols were determined with ICP-MS. The results showed that Ca, Mg, Sr, Mn, Co and Fe were mainly associated with coarse particles (> 2.1 mu m), primarily from natural sources. In contrast, the elements Zn, Ba, Cd, V, Pb and Cu dominated in fine aerosol particles (< 2.1 mu m), implying that the anthropogenic origin is the dominant source. Results of the factor analysis on elements with high EFCrust values (> 10) showed that emissions from waste combustion in incinerators, oil combustion (involving waste oil burning and oil combustion in both incinerators and electricity generation plants), as well as coal combustion in electricity generation plants were major contributors of anthropogenic metals in the ambient atmosphere in Kanazawa. Quantitatively estimated sum of mean concentrations of anthropogenic elements from the key sources were in good agreement with the observed values. Results of this study elucidate the need for making pollution control strategy in this area. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• 無機材料と環境技術 放射性廃棄物処分への無機材料の利用

  佐藤努

  J Soc Inorg Mater Jpn 無機マテリアル学会 13 (325) 441-447 - 447 1345-3769 2006/11/01 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Utilization of Inorganic Materials in Radioactive Waste Disposal

  SATO Tsutomu

  Journal of the Society of Inorganic Materials,Japan 無機マテリアル学会 13 (325) 441 - 447 1345-3769 2006/11/01 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Competitive sorption of pyrene on wood chars

  XL Wang, T Sato, BS Xing

  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 40 (10) 3267 - 3272 0013-936X 2006/05 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Sorption isotherms of pyrene on original and heat-treated wood chars were examined to understand its sorption behavior. Pyrene in single-solute systems had nonlinear isotherms. Polanyi-based dual-domain model fit sorption data well, and the model results showed that the adsorption component dominated pyrene sorption by original char at all aqueous concentrations. In contrast, this adsorption component contributed a much lower fraction to the total sorption by the heat-treated char, and dominated only at low solute concentrations; with increasing concentration, partitioning became a predominant contributor to the total sorption. Competitive effect of four cosolutes, phenanthrene (Phen), benzo[a] anthracene (BaA), 2,2-methylene- bis (4-methyl-6-tert-butylphenol) (MMBP), and phenol on pyrene sorption by original and treated chars was examined to understand the underlying mechanism of competition. Hydrophobicity (adsorbability) and molecular size of competitors played an important role in competition with pyrene by both chars, suggesting the direct competition for sorption sites and pore blockage mechanism. Competitive sorption results indicated that the fate and transport of hydrophobic organic chemicals (e.g., pyrene) could be strongly affected in the presence of coexisting organic contaminants with high hydrophobicity and large molecular size, thereby, enhancing the mobility and leachability of these chemicals.
• Dehydration processes in the meta-autunite group minerals meta-autunite, metasaleeite, and metatorbernite

  ohey Suzuki, Tsutomu Sato, Hiroshi Isobe, Toshihiro Kogure, Takashi Murakami

  American Mineralogist 90 (8/9) 1308 - 1314 0003-004X 2006 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• 様々な鉄鋼スラグから生成する陰イオン吸着材の生成と安定性

  伊藤亜希子, 佐藤努, 片桐有由未, 湊美緒, 伊藤健一, 米田哲朗

  資源・素材2006（福岡）講演資料集 (C6), 101 - 102 2006 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• シュベルトマナイトを用いたヒ素汚染土壌不溶化の長期安全評価

  佐藤努, 福士圭介, 高田盛生, 伊藤健一, 池田穂高, 川西琢也, 米田哲朗

  資源・素材2006（福岡）講演資料集 (C6) 95 - 96 2006 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• シュベルトマナイトを用いたヒ素汚染水や土壌の浄化方法

  伊藤健一, 池田穂高, 福士圭介, 川西琢也, 佐藤努, 米田哲朗

  資源・素材2006（福岡）講演資料集 (C6) 91 - 94 2006 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Decomposition of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs) on mineral surface under controlled relative humidity

  S Tamamura, T Sato, Y Ota, N Tang, K Hayakawa

  ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION 80 (2) 185 - 191 1000-9515 2006 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) residing in the atmosphere has received enormous attention in recent years due to their mutagenic and carcinogenic risks on human health. In this context, the stability of pyrene (as a representative PAHs) on quartz, alumina, montmorillonite, kaolinite, humic acid and quartz coated with sorbed humic acid was investigated at controlled relative humidity (RH: i.e. 5% and 30%) without light irradiation in order to detect the presence of catalytic effect of mineral surface on PAHs decomposition. The stability of pyrene was found to depend strongly on the physicochemical properties of the substrates. Quartz showed a strong catalytic effect for the decomposition of pyrene even though it was coated with sorbed humic acid. Pyrene sorbed on montmorillonite and humic acid remained stable during the experimental period (i.e. 3 days). Moisture in the experimental cell also affected the stability of pyrene in particular minerals. Especially, pyrene sorbed on alumina was rapidly decomposed at higher RH. However, there were almost no effect in the case of quartz, kaolinite and humic acid. Depending on the physicochemical properties of aerosols and RH, PAHs associated with minerals in the atmosphere would be decomposed and/or stably reside in the atmosphere.
• Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on arsenic mobility in a Philippine geothermal field

  C Pascua, T Sato, G Golla

  ACTA GEOLOGICA SINICA-ENGLISH EDITION 80 (2) 230 - 235 1000-9515 2006 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Arsenic is usually associated with sulphide minerals formed in the geothermal environment. However, sulphide minerals are prone to dissolution after contact with meteoric water under surface oxidizing conditions. Secondary precipitates that form from the dissolution of the primary sulfides exert a greater influence on arsenic mobility in the geothermal environment. Fe-hydroxides have very good affinity with dissolved arsenate and are stable under most surface oxidizing conditions. Both amorphous silica directly precipitated from geothermal fluids and possibly a kaolinite alteration can host a small significant amount of arsenic. These silicates are also more stable under a wide range of pH and redox conditions.
• Environmental issues and regional cooperation in East Asia. Environmental issues in East Asia caused by yellow sand and combustion dust.

  HAYAKAWA KAZUICHI, IWASAKA YASUNOBU, SATO TSUTOMU

  環境情報科学 34 (3) 17-28  0389-6633 2005/11/14 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Recent Trends and Perspective of Researches on the Alteration of Bentonite Buffer Materials in High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository

  INOUE Atsuyuki, KAWANO Motoharu, KUWAHARA Yoshihiro, KOZAKI Tamotsu, KOMINE Hideo, SATO Tsutomu, TSUKIMURA Katsuhiro

  Nendo Kagaku The Clay Science Society of Japan 45 (1) 31 - 61 0470-6455 2005/11/11 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Sorption and displacement of pyrene in soils and sediments

  XL Wang, T Sato, BS Xing

  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 39 (22) 8712 - 8718 0013-936X 2005/11 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Sorption isotherms of pyrene on soils and sediments were examined to understand its sorption behavior. All systems examined exhibited nonlinear sorption. Sorption nonlinearity was found to be a function of the polarity index of soil/sediment organic matter (SOM), suggesting that the degree of condensation of SOM, characterized by its polarity index, was correlated with the sorption behavior of pyrene. The polarity index of SOM could be a new factor for explaining the sorption nonlinearity. The sorption affinity of two soils and two sediments for pyrene increased with decreasing SOM polarity. A higher sorption affinity in the two soils was associated with a higher degree of condensation of SOM compared to that of the two sediments. A displacement test was performed after pyrene sorption using phenanthrene as a displacer. Pyrene was displaced in all systems examined, and nonlinearity became less pronounced after displacement. Such an increase in isotherm linearity implied that sorption site energies became more homogeneous after displacement. Furthermore, the site energy distribution F(E*) derived from the Freundlich model parameters showed that energy reduction of high-energy sites was more significant than that of low-energy sites after displacement. In addition,a decrease in sorption capacity after displacement could be ascribed to the partial depletion of sorption sites by the displacer. The displacement data indicated that the cocontaminant can have potential effects on the fate and bioavailability of anthropogenic organic pollutants sorbed in soils and sediments,thus affecting their exposure risks.
• Health risks of heavy metals to the general public in Tianjin, China via consumption of vegetables and fish

  XL Wang, T Sato, BS Xing, S Tao

  SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 350 (1-3) 28 - 37 0048-9697 2005/11 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Consumption of vegetables and fish contaminated with the heavy metals Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Hg, and Cr is the most likely route for human exposure in Tianjin, China. Health risks associated with these heavy metals were assessed based on the target hazard quotients (THQs), which can be derived from concentrations of heavy metals in vegetables and fish consumed in four districts (Dong Li, Xi Qing, Jin Nan, and Bei Chen) and the urban area of Tianjin, China. Individual metal THQ (< 1) values indicate the relative absence of health risks associated with intake of a single heavy metal through consumption of either contaminated vegetables or fish only. However, consumption of both vegetables and fish would lead to potential health risks especially for children, since individual THQs for vegetables and fish would sum up to almost 1. If individual THQs resulting from crops consumption are considered, the health risks would be greater for children since the THQ values will always be > 1. Risk contribution from Cr is minimal compared to the other elements. Hg is the major risk contributor for children in Bei Chen since the THQ contribution amounts to about 45% of the total THQ values due to vegetables and fish consumption. The health risk to adults in Ding Li is ascribed mainly to the intake of Cd by vegetables and fish consumption, which contributes a substantial fraction to the total THQ (about 51%). (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
• Using a surface complexation model to predict the mature and stability of nanoparticles

  K Fukushi, T Sato

  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 39 (5) 1250 - 1256 0013-936X 2005/03 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Nanoparticles are discrete nanometer-scale assemblies of atoms and have dimensions between those characteristic of ions and those of macroscopic materials. These minerals commonly possess extremely large specific surface areas and surface adsorption capacities for foreign ions. Due to the large specific surface area and large fraction of surface atoms, the natures of nanoparticles are expected to be modified by the adsorption (surface complexation) process. In this paper, we discuss theoretically the stability of nanoparticles that make the surface complex with foreign ions. The principal theoretical assumption is that the surface complexation occurs at the bulk of the nanoparticles, as in a solid solution. The surface complexation affects two aspects of the intrinsic stability of the nanoparticles simultaneously: one is the composition of the nanoparticles; the other is the free energy of formation of nanoparticles, The solubility of hydrous ferric oxide WO) was estimated by using surface complexation modeling coupled with published data of the free energy of formation of the relevant components. The solubility modeling of surface-charged (H+ or OH- sorbed) HFO mechanistically and quantitatively explained the observed nonintegral behavior of the solubility of HFO. solubility modeling of anion (SO42-, PO43- and As (V)) sorption by HFO showed that the sorption process strongly influences the stability of the nanoparticles. This result implies that geochemical modeling leads to the erroneous prediction of a natural system if the effect of the sorption process is not taken into account.
• Source identification, size distribution and indicator screening of airborne trace metals in Kanazawa, Japan

  XL Wang, T Sato, BS Xing, S Tamamura, S Tao

  JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE 36 (2) 197 - 210 0021-8502 2005/02 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The concentrations of trace metals in aerosols of different sizes in the suburban area of Kanazawa, Japan were determined with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The results indicated that, among the anthropogenic elements, the ambient concentration of Zn in the total suspended particles (TSP) was the highest (1386 ng/m(3)) and Cd concentration was the lowest (0.45 ng/m(3)). For the contribution of each particle size fraction to the total metal concentration in aerosols, except for V (33.6%), the "very coarse" aerosol size range (> 11 mum) contributed a small mass fraction (only 4.05-11.7%). While the "coarse fraction" (11-3.3 mum) had the largest mass percentage for most elements. However, the mass percentage of individual metals to the total sum of all investigated metals in each particle size range (from very coarse to very fine) was quite similar, which implied that the coagulation of airborne particles occurred in the study area due to the high humidity over the sampling period. High enrichment factor (EF) values (18.87-1139) were obtained for Zn, Cd, Pb and Cu reflecting the importance of anthropogenic inputs. In contrast, the EF values calculated for V, Ca, Mg, Mn, Sr and Co were low (1.05-15.81) suggesting that they were primarily of natural sources. The concentration ratios of natural sources derived elements (V, Ca, Mg, Mn and Sr) to Fe, and anthropogenic elements (Cd, Pb and Cu) to Zn are quite close in each particle size range, revealing that Fe can be a fine indicator for the prediction of ambient concentrations along with their size distributions of other elements mainly from natural processes, and Zn can be a favorable surrogate for assessment of air pollution resulting from volatile trace elements in this area. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
• Stability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on mineral surfaces

  Tamamura Shuji, Sato Tsutomu, Ota Yukie, Tang Ning, Hayakawa Kazuichi

  Abstracts for Annual Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Japan 日本鉱物科学会 2005 95 - 95 2005 

  多環芳香族炭化水素 (PAH)は化石燃料の不完全燃焼に伴い大気中に放出される。これらの中には発癌性を有するものがあることから、PAHの地表環境での運命は大きな関心が持たれている。しかし鉱物質エアロゾルや有機エアロゾルに伴われるＰＡＨの安定性についての研究は少なく、不明な点が多い。本研究ではピレンをＰＡＨの代表物質とし、石英、αアルミナ、酸性白土（スメクタイト）およびフミン酸に伴われるピレンの安定性を相対湿度・温度コントロール下で調べた。石英、αアルミナに伴われるピレンは酸性白土やフミン酸に伴われるピレンに比べて分解速度が著しく速く、フミン酸に伴われるピレンを除き、相対湿度が増加すると分解速度は速くなる傾向が認められた。本発表では、様々な相対湿度におけるエアロゾル構成物質とＰＡＨの相互作用について考察した結果を報告する。
• Effect of dissolved silica concentration on dissolution rate of smectite under highly alkaline condition

  otani yusuke, tsutsui masanori, yokoyama shingo, sato tsutomu

  Abstracts for Annual Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Japan 日本鉱物科学会 2005 104 - 104 2005 

  高レベル放射性廃棄物やTRU廃棄物を地層に処分する計画がある。その計画の中で緩衝材として高い物理・化学的緩衝性を持つスメクタイトを主成分としたベントナイトを使用することが考えられている。しかし坑道の補強のために大量のセメントが使われ、そのセメントが地下水と反応して劣化し、高いアルカリ性を示す地下水となり、主成分鉱物であるスメクタイトを溶解させ期待される性能が発揮されないという懸念がある。そのため、地層処分においてスメクタイトのアルカリ環境での溶解速度の決定が安全評価上重要な課題となっている。鉱物の溶解速度の一般式はLasaga(1995，1998)により示されている。スメクタイトの溶解に関する研究は数多くなされており、Ｃａｍａ et al(2000)ではｐH8．8、80℃におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度に関するΔGの影響と溶存シリカ濃度の影響の式を示している。ΔGによる影響は通常TST理論に基づいて説明されるが、Cama et al(2000)で示された式はTST理論で裏付けされるものではなく、実験から得られたデータより得られた経験式である。したがって、この経験式が、処分場で問題となっている高いｐH条件で適応可能であるのかが不明である。そこで本研究では、高アルカリ条件において溶存シリカ濃度を調整し、異なるΔG条件下で溶解実験を行うことにより、高アルカリ条件でのスメクタイトの溶解速度とΔGの関係を明らかにすることを目的とした。試料は、山形県月布産ベントナイトから精製したスメクタイト（クニピア_-_P：クニミネ工業製）を用いた。Yokoyama.et.al(2005)により試料の化学構造式は次のように示された。Na_0.50K_0.01Ca_0.06(Al_1.52Fe_0.09Mg_0.33)(Si _3.82Al_0.18)O₁₀(OH) ₂・nH ₂O本研究では、フロースルー系におけるによるスメクタイトの溶解実験を行った。実験で設定したシリカ濃度は、0.3MのNaOH にメタケイ酸ナトリウムを添加して50、100、250、500μMに設定した。また実験温度は、処分初期の地層処分場の条件を模擬するために70℃とした。固液比は1：1000とし、異なるシリカ濃度に設定した反応溶液を0.2ml/minの流量で送液し、容器内で10時間滞留するようにした。反応溶液の作成および回収は、大気中のCO2の影響によるpＨの変化を避けるため、高純度窒素雰囲気に保ったグローブボックス内で行った。溶液の回収は24時間おきに最大280時間まで行った。反応後の溶液は、モリブデンブルー法によりSi濃度を分光光度計で測定し、Al濃度についてはICP-MSにより測定した。また、反応後の固相を回収し、AFM(原子間力顕微鏡) による粒子観察から粒子の溶解による体積変化を求め、そのデータから溶解速度を見積った。実験の結果、回収した溶液は反応初期に高いSi濃度が見られたが、その後定常状態に到達していた。得られた溶存Si濃度は、初期に設定したSi濃度が50μM以上のものではそれよりも低く見積もられた。これは、シリカが高pH環境の下でポリマー化したためと考えられる。AFM観察による溶解速度の算出の結果、Siを高濃度に加えた実験で、溶解速度が遅延されていることを確認した。このことは、溶液中のΔＧが上昇するにつれ、スメクタイトの溶解速度が遅延されることを示唆している。ΔＧと溶解速度との関係は、熱力学データベースJNC990900を用いてΔＧを計算するとＣａｍａ ｅｔ ａｌ(2000)式でよく表現されていることが分かる。しかし、熱力学データベースにはSiの溶存種を見積もるのに必要な金属錯体等の形成に関するのデータの不確かさがあるため、現時点ではΔGの見積もりに不確定性が残ってしまう。今後データベースの精査とともにΔＧに関してより詳細な議論が必要であると考えられる。
• Yokoyama, S., Kuroda, M. and Sato, T. (2005) Atomic force microscopy study of montmorillonite dissolution under highly alkaline condition. Clays and Clay Minerals, 53, 147-154.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 黄砂と燃焼粉塵による東アジア地域の環境問題

  環境情報科学 34 17 - 28 2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Wang, X.., Sato, T. and Xing, B. (2005) Sorption and displacement of pyrene in soils and sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 8712-8718.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Suzuki, Y., Sato, T., Isobe, H., Kogure, T. and Murakami, T. (2005) Dehydration processes of the meta-autunite group minerals, meta-autunite, metasaleéite and metatorbernite. Am. Min. 90, 1308-1314.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Yokoyama, S., Watanabe, Y., Uno, H., Tamura, K., Sato, T. and Yamada, H.(2005) Adsorption and desorption behavior of ammonium ion on expandable illite, Transaction of the Material Research Society of Japan, 34, 1045-1048.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Murakami, T., Sato T., Ohnuki T. and Isobe H. (2005) Field evidence for uranium nanocrystallization and its implications for uranium transport. Chem. Geol. 221, 117-126.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Fukushi, K., and Sato, T. (2005) Using a Surface Complexation Model to Predict the Nature and Stability of Nanoparticles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 1250-1256.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Pascua C., Charnock J., Polya D., Sato T., Yokoyama S., and Minato, M.(2005) Arsenic-bearing smectite from the geothermal environment, Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 899-908, 2005.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Wang, X.., Sato, T., Xing, B., Tamamura, S. and Tao, S. (2005) Source identification, size distribution and indicator screening of airborne trace metals in Kanazawa, Japan. J. Aerosol Sci. 36, 197-210.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Kida Y., Mita Y., Fukushi K. and Sato T. (2005) Mechanisms of alkaline buffering by peat and quantitative estimation of its buffering capacity. Landscape and ecological engineering, 1, 127-134.*

  2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Detection of C-S-H Gel Formed during Bentonite-cement Interactions

  Masahito Shibata, Shunkichi Sutou, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Tsutomu Sato

  Transactions of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan 日本原子力学会 4 (3) 227 - 231 2186-2931 2005 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• A Comparisons of Bentonite from Kawamukai and Umenokida in Tsukinuno Mine, Yamagata

  YOKOYAMA SHINGO, KURODA MASATO, TSUTSUI MASANORI, SATO TSUTOMU, SUZUKI KEIZO, ENOTO HIROYUKI

  粘土科学 日本粘土学会 44 (2) 45 - 52 0470-6455 2004/12/16 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Characterization of the Kawamukai (KB) and Umenokida (UB) bentonites from the Tsukinuno bentonite mines were investigated by XRD analysis, XRF analysis, ICP-MS, petrography, SEM, AFM, and surface area determination by the N_2-BET method. XRD analyses and petrography identified quartz, feldspar, zeolite facies, calcite, and montmorillonite in the Tsukinuno bentonite. The zeolite facies in KB and UB are analcime and clinoptilolite, respectively. The Mg/(Ca+Mg) ratio of calcite based on ICP-MS in KB is higher than that in UB. These results suggest that KB has undergone a higher alteration than UB. Since no heat source such as an igneous intrusion has been reported to affect the bentonite deposits, the difference in the degree of alteration can be attributed to the effective stress applied on the deposits during folding. This is supported by the higher angle of deformation found in the KB than in UB. The layer charge distribution in montmorillonite from both bentonites indicates a bimodal distribution. Mean layer charge of Kawamukai-montmorillonite (KM) is 0.31 esu/half unit cell, which is slightly higher than Umenokida-montmorillonite (0. 29 esu/half unit cell). However, this difference in mean layer charges does not affect expandability largely. Thickness of both montmorillonite layers (i.e. KM and UM) determined with AFM is close to the height of a single hydrated montmorillonite layer. The ab dimension of UM is bigger than that of KM. This results in a large difference in the edge surface area per unit mass for UM and KM. Since the edge surface areas are more reactive, differences in physical and chemical properties such as adsorptive ability and permittivity would arise for the two bentonites.
• Carbon and carbonate minerals

  KUROSAWA Masanori, MIYAWAKI Ritsuro, SATO Tsutomu, SATISH-KUMAR Madhusoodhan, MURAKAMI Hiroyasu

  Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 一般社団法人 日本鉱物科学会 33 (3) 96 - 97 1345-630X 2004 [Not refereed]
   

  The theme of the 2003 symposium of the Joint meeting of the Mineralogical Society of Japan, the Japanese Association of Mineralogists, Petrologists and Economic Geologists, and the Society of Resource Geology is carbon and carbonate minerals. The minerals are important in many fields of earth sciences, material sciences, biological sciences, and environmental sciences. In the symposium, we chose seven invited papers for natural and synthetic diamonds, porous carbon materials, methane hydrates, rare-earth carbonate minerals, and paleoenvironmental studies using carbon and carbonate materials.
• Arsenate sorption on schwertmannite

  Fukushi K, Sato T, Yanase N, Minato J, Yamada H

  American Mineralogist 89 (11-12) 1728 - 1734 2004 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural analogue studies of waste disposal : Do not stick to "analog" too much

  SATO Tsutomu, FUKUSHI Keisuke

  Resource geology. Shigen-chishitsu 資源地質学会 53 (2) 193 - 200 0918-2454 2003/12/25 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Studies on natural analogues are indispensable ways to define geological disposal concepts, and to provide convincing support for the performance assessment of long-term radioactive isolation. Long-term predictions on the behavior of the natural environment are recognized to be fraught with uncertainty if based solely on information from limited and short-term observations or experiments. In this context, natural analogue studies have been extensively carried out by many researchers in the world. However, natural analogue studies have been recently scaled down and financially limited due to: (1) limited study areas that are systematically analogous to disposal sites, which is the primary prerequisite for analogue studies; (2) deficiency in defining natural analogues; and (3) lack of clarity on the utilization of data obtained in the studies and how it can contribute to performance assessment.
  Recent issues surrounding the performance assessment that should be addressed urgently in assessing the impacts on the disposal systems include: (1) retardation of anionic species such as ¹⁴CO₄^2-, H⁷⁹SeO₃^-, ⁹⁹TcO₄^-; and (2) bentonite-hyper alkaline fluid (i.e. cement pore fluid) interactions. If the criteria for natural analogue studies are strictly defined, it would be very difficult to find suitable study areas. In this review, the required conditions and strategies for future natural analogue studies are discussed and summarized based on case studies of natural attenuation of arsenic in acid mine drainage and mineral paragenesis under hyper alkaline condition in Oman ophiolite.
• Expandability and Layer Charge Characteristics of Mica Clay Minerals

  YOKOYAMA Shingo, SATO Tsutomu, WATANABE Takashi

  Nendo Kagaku 日本粘土学会 43 (2) 64 - 70 0470-6455 2003/12/15 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Expandability and layer charge characteristics of diagenetic illite (IMt-1) and hydrothermal sericite (HS) were investigated after alkylammonium ion exchange with potassium, and subsequently, Na Ca and Mg ion exchange. After the ion exchange, both mica clay minerals clearly exhibited expandabilitiy by intercalation of alkylammouium iion, and glycerol and water saturation in their interlayer. Differences in the expandability are mainly attributed to layer charge characteristics of expandable layers, which enabled an estimation of the distribution and amount of layer charge through X-ray diff...
• Solid-solution reactions in As(V) sorption by schwertmannite

  K Fukushi, T Sato, N Yanase

  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 37 (16) 3581 - 3586 0013-936X 2003/08 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Sorption behavior of As(V) by synthesized schwertmannite was examined under pH 3.3 as a function of As(V) concentration in the initial solution and interpreted in term of solid-solution reactions. Results showed that schwertmannite released 0.62 mmol of SO42- for every 1 mmol of H2AsO4- and 0.24 mmol of OH- that has been sorbed. As(V) replaced SO4 up to half of the total SO4 in schwertmannite. The quantitative relationship among the three chemical compositions indicated that As(V)sorbed schwertmannite would behave as a solid solution between the As(V) free schwertmannite and schwertmannite containing the maximum level of As(V). The equilibrium constant for the anion exchange in the solid-solution reaction estimated from the reacted solution chemistry depicts the As(V) content found in precipitates formed in acid mine drainage and laboratory experiments. Although schwertmannite is metastable with respect to goethite, the transformation is significantly inhibited by sorption of As(V). The solid-solution reactions also explain the stabilization of schwertmannite by sorption of As(V).
• 地球サブシステムとしての粘土圏の役割—環境親和物質としての粘土—フェリハイドライト・シュベルトマナイトの生成と環境親和物質としての役割

  福士圭介, 佐藤努

  粘土科学 42 (3) 148 - 153 0470-6455 2003/03/28 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Formations of Ferrihydrite and Schwertmannite and Those Role for Environment-Friendly Materials

  FUKUSHI Keisuke, SATO Tsutomu

  Nendo Kagaku 日本粘土学会 42 (3) 148 - 153 0470-6455 2003/03/28 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• A natural attenuation of arsenic in drainage from an abandoned arsenic mine dump

  Fukushi K, Sasaki M, Sato T, Yanase N, Amano H, Ikeda H

  Applied Geochemistry 18 (8) 1267 - 1278 2003 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Characterization of hot particles in surface soil around the Chernobyl NPP

  N. Yanase, H. Isobe, T. Sato, Y. Sanada, T. Matsunaga, H. Amano

  Eighth International Conference on "Low-level measurements of actinides and long-lived radionuclides in biological and environm 252 (2) 233 - 239 0236-5731 2002 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Clay Crystallography and Environmental Material Science for our 21st Century

  SATO Tsutomu

  Nihon Kessho Gakkaishi 日本結晶学会 43 (1) 76 - 80 0369-4585 2001/02/28 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  At the end of 20th century, we have to summarize a progress of clay crystallography in 20th century and mention what should be needed to make a breakthrough to clay application for environmental material science in new century. Clay crystallography in 20th century illustrated that clay is a crystalline material with some stacking disorder one-dimensionally. For our 21st century with continuous development, however, we have to understand the clay surface structure and charge distribution on the surface. If we understand those, it would be available to control the performance of clay material...
• P18 花崗岩の風化に伴う粘土鉱物の生成とその表面特性の変化

  福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 45 192 - 193 2001
• A24 シュベルトマナイトの陰イオン収着機構

  福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 柳瀬 信之

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 45 82 - 83 2001
• A22 高アルカリ溶液中でのスメクタイトの溶解キネティクス

  佐藤 努, 横山 信吾, 岡田 朋子, 福士 圭介

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 45 78 - 79 2001
• A10 群馬県東平旧鉱山地域におけるヒ素の自然浄化

  福士 圭介, 佐々木 美和, 佐藤 努

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 44 52 - 53 2000
• Field and laboratory examination of uranium microcrystallization and its role in uranium transport

  T Murakami, T Ohnuki, H Isobe, T Sato

  SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XXIV 663 971 - 977 0272-9172 2000 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Adsorption is believed to be a dominant mechanism of uranium distribution between solid and solution, and thus, to play a major role in uranium transport. Because iron oxides and hydroxides are abundant at the Earth's surface and are great adsorbents of uranium, we have examined natural rocks that contain iron minerals along with uranium, and also carried out Fe-U coprecipitation and aging experiments to find how uranium is distributed between Fe minerals. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy reveals that microcrystals (10-50 nm) of metatorbernite (Cu(UO(2))(2)(PO(4))(2).8H(2)O) are scattered within nodules consisting of fine-grained (2-50 nm) goethite and hematite, where the ground water is undersaturated with respect to metatorbernite, for the natural rocks from the Koongarra ore deposit, Australia. The microscopy also reveals that microcrystals (a few nm) of dehydrated schoepite ((UO(2))O(0.25)(OH)(1.5)) are formed among fine-grained hematite after aging coprecipitated Fe-U in the laboratory, and the solution is undersaturated with respect to schoepite. The beam size of microscopes is found to be important for the chemical analysis of such microcrystals. We detect a strong signal of uranium for a beam size < 40 nm; whereas a weak uranium signal is obtained for a beam size > 150 nm. Our results indicate that such a weak uranium signal should not be taken as a result of homogeneously distributed uranium over goethite and hematite surfaces by, for instance, adsorption. The micrcrystallization observed in both the field and laboratory suggests that fine grained uranyl minerals play a major role in uranium transport and migration.
• SHRIMP measurements of U and Pb isotopes in the Koongarra secondary ore deposit, Northern Australia

  T Nagano, T Sato, IS Williams, M Zaw, TE Payne, PL Airey, N Yanase, H Isobe, T Ohnuki

  GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 34 (5) 349 - 358 0016-7002 2000 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  SHRIMP analyses have been conducted for rock samples from the Koongarra secondary ore deposit in Northern Australia to obtain activity ratios of U-234/U-238 and isotopic ratios of Pb-207/Pb-206 and Pb-204/Pb-206, and to understand their migration behavior within the secondary ore deposit. Main Larger minerals for the analyses were iron minerals and kaolinite, which are the main weathering products in this area. The activity ratios of U-234/U-238 were based on SHRIMP counts at the mass of uranium metal. The U-234/U-238 activity ratios based on counts of uranium oxides were not satisfactory, because the count rates of (UO)-U-234-O-16 were affected by interference from the (UC)-U-238-C-12 fragment. The activity ratios of U-234/U-238 were approximately unity for crystalline iron minerals, whereas the amorphous iron minerals (precursors of the crystalline iron minerals) had also values above unity. The mean residence time of uranium within the iron nodules was estimated to be up to approximately 2-3 million years. Results of lead isotopes, represented by a diagram of Pb-207/Pb-206 VS. Pb-204/Pb-206, indicated that the present three samples contained radiogenic lead, common lead and mixture of both components. In addition, the recent radiogenic lead component within the primary ore is dominant in the area closer to the primary ore. The radiogenic lead isotope compositions of samples at greater distances from the primary ore have been affected only by the earlier mobilization event of radiogenic lead. All these results indicate that some geologic event causing migration of the radiogenic lead had occurred before formation of the secondary ore deposit due to the weathering. After the weathering commenced at least 2-3 million years ago, uranium and lead have migrated from the primary ore. While the uranium has dispersed throughout the secondary ore deposit, the lead reached only the area closer to the primary ore probably due to its immobility compared to the uranium.
• HRTEM evidence for the process and mechanism of saponite-to-chlorite conversion through corrensite

  Takashi Murakami, Tsutomu Sato, Atsuyuki Inoue

  American Mineralogist 84 (7-8) 1080 - 1087 0003-004X 1999 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  To elucidate the process and mechanism of the prograde conversion of saponite to chlorite through corrensite, the microstructures of a series of chlorite-smectite (C-S) mixed-layer samples from Kamikita, northern Japan were examined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy using both lattice and structure imaging. Corrensite grows epitaxially as domains of 5-20 nm thick mainly within homogeneous saponite domains, without forming randomly interstratified C-S. Then, chlorite domains grow outside homogeneous corrensite domains without forming randomly interstratified C-S or chlorite-corrensite (C-Co), and finally are predominant. An atomic resolution image suggests that corrensite essentially consists of the 1 M stacking of alternating chloritic and smectitic layers. The structure and occurrence suggest corrensite is mineralogically a unique species. Comparison of the stacking vectors of corrensite along [001] to those of chlorite reveals that the stacking sequence is not inherited during the process from corrensite to chlorite. We rarely observed layer terminations of the hydroxide sheets both in corrensite and chlorite domains, and the layer terminations that do exist can be explained as defects rather than the formation of corrensite or chlorite. Our data strongly suggest that the saponite-to-chlorite conversion series progresses stepwise from saponite to corrensite and from corrensite to chlorite, and that the dominant reaction mechanisms are dissolution and precipitation.
• Uranium micro-isotopic analysis of weathered rock by a Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP II)

  T Sato, N Yanase, IS Williams, W Compston, M Zaw, TE Payne, PL Airey

  RADIOCHIMICA ACTA 82 335 - 340 0033-8230 1998 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The SHRIMP II was used to measure the (234)U/(238)U isotope ratios in weathered rock from the Koongarra uranium (U) deposit in Northern Australia. The results were compared with data obtained using sequential extraction (SE) procedures. The key attribute of the SHRIMP measurement is that sensitive isotopic data can be obtained without dissolution of the sample, and associated loss of textural relationships. The SHRIMP provides spot-by-spot isotopic ratios in individual mineral phases, and has not been previously applied to measurements of 234U/238U ratios. The SHRIMP measurements of (234)U/(238)U activity ratios in the accumulated iron (Fe)-materials were closer to unity than in the chemically extracted amorphous Fe-oxide fraction, the primitive phase of all Fe-minerals. This indicates an approach to secular equilibrium subsequent to the deposition of U with the amorphous precursor phases. The activity ratios of (234)U/(238)U in kaolinite were significantly lower than the ratios obtained for residual mineral phases in the SE study, although being higher than unity. This suggests that the extremely high (234)U/(238)U ratio of the residual phase in the SE study was mainly derived from other minerals, presumably the abundant quartz rather than the kaolinite. Activity ratios exceeding unity were found in all kaolinites studied, regardless of their proximity to U-rich phases and grain boundaries. Individually, the SE procedure and SHRIMP analysis are useful techniques for measuring isotopes within mineral phases. However, in contrast to the SHRIMP the SE procedure does not provide spatial or textural information, and quantifies isotopes in individual extractable fractions. On the other hand, the SHRIMP is not suitable for phases with very small grain size or low U content. By the parallel use of SE procedures and the SHRIMP samples can be analyzed both quantitatively and with high spatial resolution.
• Crystal chemistry and microstructures of uranyl phosphates

  Y Suzuki, T Murakami, T Kogure, H Isobe, T Sato

  SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XXI 506 839 - 846 0272-9172 1998 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The crystal chemistry and microstructures of saleeite (Mg(UO2PO4)(2) . 10H(2)O) and metatorbernite (Cu(UO2PO4)(2) . 8H(2)O), from Koongarra, Australia and Shinkolobwe, Congo, were examined by X-ray diffraction analysis, infrared spectroscopy (IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive X-ray analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and analytical electron microscopy. The uranyl phosphates consist of uranyl phosphate layers with cations and waters in the interlayers. The IR spectra of saleeite and metatorbernite show the presence of hydroxyls in the interlayers in addition to water molecules. The d(002) spacings of the hydrated phases of saleeite and metatorbernite up to 300 degrees C reveal that the uranyl phosphate layers themselves are quite stable in the temperature range although the interlayer water molecules are lost easily. The presence of a mixed phase of saleeite and metatorbernite is confirmed in the micrometer and nanometer scales. However, SEM and TEM examination suggest saleeite and metatorbernite generally grow separately, and rarely form solid solution or interstratification. The results imply that U is retained in uranyl phosphate minerals even when the temperature at around repositories increases, and that saleeite and metatorbernite precipitate independently from solution according to their solubilities even when Mg2+ and Cu2+ coexist in solution.
• Iron nodules scavenging uranium from groundwater

  T Sato, T Murakami, N Yanase, H Isobe, TE Payne, PL Airey

  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 31 (10) 2854 - 2858 0013-936X 1997/10 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The scavenging of uranium from groundwater downgradient of the uranium ore deposit at Koongarra, Australia, has been investigated to provide information about the longterm transport of radionuclides. Rock samples collected from diamond-drill co res we re examined mainly using scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Here we focus on the U associated with iron oxides and report on (i) the extent to which U has accumulated in the various types of iron oxides (fissure fillings, clay coatings, and nodules) and (ii) the chemical form of U associated with iron-nodules. The iron nodules have a remarkably large capacity for uranium uptake. The uranium enrichment in the nodules reaches approximately 8 wt %, and their uranium contents are greater than those in the other iron forms, such as fissure fillings and clay coatings. The ability of the iron nodules to enrich uranium (to levels 10(6) times higher than the groundwater) is greater than those of any other natural materials in the system. Although the initial step in uranium uptake appears to he adsorption,the uranium in the nodules has been fixed by precipitation of copper uranyl phosphate microcrystals. This precipitation process leads to the long-term retardation of uranium in ?he system. This result strongly suggests that an understanding of postadsorption processes is necessary for predicting radionuclide retardation over long time scales.
• Mobility of uranium during weathering

  T Murakami, T Ohnuki, H Isobe, T Sato

  AMERICAN MINERALOGIST 82 (9-10) 888 - 899 0003-004X 1997/09 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Mineralogical and geochemical mechanisms of U fixation under oxidizing conditions in the vicinity of the secondary U ore deposit at Koongarra, Australia, were examined using transmission and scanning electron microscopy and thermodynamic calculations. The formation of saleeite, Mg(UO2)(2)(PO4)(2) . 10H(2)O, is the predominant mechanism for U fixation upstream from the deposit, where saleeite replaces sklodowskite and granular apatite. Within the deposit and further downstream, U is fixed in microcrystals (10-50 nm) of saleeite and (meta)torbernite scattered within veins of fine-grained (2-50 nm) Fe3+ minerals (primarily goethite and hematite). Thermodynamic calculations indicate the groundwater is undersaturated with respect to saleeite and metatorbernite and that these minerals should precipitate at higher U or P concentrations than observed. This suggests that the upstream saleeite precipitated at the reaction interfaces of dissolving sklodowskite and apatite under local saturation conditions. Observed textural relationships of saleeite and (meta)torbernite microcrystals with the Fe minerals, combined with thermodynamic calculations, suggest surface precipitation as the formation mechanism for saleeite and (meta)torbernite microcrystals within, and downstream from, the secondary ore deposit. Phosphorous released during the aging of ferrihydrite and U adsorbed onto Fe minerals are probably the sources of the major components of the microcrystals. Downstream, the microcrystals exist where groundwater U concentrations ate as low as 10-30 mu g/L. Once released from the ore deposit, U is fixed in uranyl phosphates even where measured groundwater is undersaturated with respect to uranyl phosphates. The surface precipitation is an important example of long-term post-adsorption U fixation in a natural system. The fully crystalline and radiation-damaged microstructures of saleeite indicate uranyl phosphates have formed continuously (or intermittently) for the last few million years.
• Hydration and Structure of Adsorbed Water on Clay Minerals

  SATO Tsutomu

  Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Japan 日本鉱物学会 25 (3) 99 - 110 0454-1146 1996/07/01 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Weathering of chlorite in a quartz-chlorite schist .1. Mineralogical and chemical changes

  T Murakami, H Isobe, T Sato, T Ohnuki

  CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS 44 (2) 244 - 256 0009-8604 1996/04 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The weathering of chlorite, one of the major minerals of the host rock in the uranium ore deposit at Koongarra, Australia, was examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron microprobe: analysis, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The conversion sequence of chlorite weathering is: (1) chlorite; (2) chlorite/vermiculite intergrade (showing XRD responses to various treatments intermediate between those of chlorite and vermiculite); (3) interstratified chlorite and vermiculite; (4) vermiculite; and (5) kaolinite. This sequence may be more simply expressed as chlorite --> vermiculite --> kaolinite. The weathering finally changed chlorite into sub-micrometer to micrometer sized Fe minerals and kaolinite. The transformation of chlorite to vermiculite is chemically characterized by an Fe and Mg loss with a slight decrease in the Al/Si ratio. Mg continues to be released throughout the weathering. Fe minerals formed through chlorite weathering are located between chlorite and vermiculite domains (a few mu m in size) at first, and then accumulated between grain boundaries, occasionally forming veins. The distribution of Fe minerals is suggestive of preferential pathways of water movement. The time-dependent nature of mineral alteration demonstrated in the present study must be taken into account for the quantitative estimation of radionuclide migration.
• Change in layer charge of smectites and smectite layers in illite/smectite during diagenetic alteration

  Tsutomu Sato, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Watanabe

  Clays and Clay Minerals 44 (4) 460 - 469 0009-8604 1996 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The changes in amount and location of layer charge during diagenetic alteration have been investigated for smectites and smectite layers of illite/smectite interstratified minerals (I/S) by X-ray powder diffraction analysis with various expansion behavior tests: 1) ethylene glycol (EG) solvation (XRD) 2) K-saturation and EG solvation 3) Li-saturation, heating at 250 °C and glycerol or EG solvation (Greene-Kelly test) and 4) alkylammonium saturation. In the course of low-temperature diagenesis but before the onset of illitization, mean layer charge of smectites continuously increases from approximately 0.56 to 0.73 per O20(OH)4 with increasing depth, and tetrahedral charge also increases continuously from approximately 0.21 to 0.38 per O20(OH)4 (beidellitization). The continuous increase in tetrahedral charge without change in peak intensity and shape suggests that the solid-state Al for Si substitution mechanism appears to predominate within beidellitization. After illitization, the content of the beidellitic layers continuously decreases, while the mean layer charge of expandable layers and the content of illite layers in I/S increase. This suggests that the conversion of a beidellitic layer to an illitic layer preferably occurs during early illitization. Thus, before illitization, beidellite-like layers are formed from precursor smectite, and during the early stage of illitization, the high charged beidellitic layers are probably consumed to form illite layers.
• Mechanism of saleeite formation at the Koongarra secondary ore deposit

  T Murakami, H Isobe, T Ohnuki, T Sato, N Yanase, J Kiyoshige

  SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XIX 412 809 - 816 0272-9172 1996 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• URANIUM FIXATION DURING URANIUM MIGRATION UNDER AN OXIDIZING CONDITION

  T MURAKAMI, K TSUZUKI, T SATO, H ISOBE, T OHNUKI

  SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XVIII, PTS 1 AND 2 353 1219 - 1226 0272-9172 1995 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• MODELLING STUDY ON URANIUM MIGRATION IN ROCKS UNDER WEATHERING CONDITION

  T OHNUKI, T MURAKAMI, H ISOBE, T SATO, N YANASE

  SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XVIII, PTS 1 AND 2 353 1227 - 1234 0272-9172 1995 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• EFFECT OF CRYSTALLOCHEMISTRY OF STARTING MATERIALS ON THE RATE OF SMECTITE TO ILLITE REACTION

  T SATO, T MURAKAMI, H ISOBE, T OHNUKI

  SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XVIII, PTS 1 AND 2 353 239 - 246 0272-9172 1995 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• VARIETY AND VARIABILITY OF BENTONITES AS BUFFER MATERIALS IN RADIOACTIVE-WASTE DISPOSAL

  T SATO

  JOURNAL OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY SOCIETY OF JAPAN 日本原子力学会 36 (5) 405 - 412 0004-7120 1994/05 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  高レベル放射性廃棄物の地層処分における緩衝材の最有力候補として考えられているベントナイトは,スメクタイト族のモンモリロナイトを主成分鉱物とする粘土である。スメクタイト族の粘土鉱物は,鉱物間で性質が異なり,その変化性の幅が広い。本稿では,スメクタイト族の粘土鉱物とその多様性について,結晶化学的な観点から解説し,地層処分で緩衝材に期待されている膨脹性,復水性,長期安定性が,種々のスメクタイト族の粘土鉱物でどのように異なるのか,その性質の相違は,結晶化学的にどのように説明されているのかについてまとめる。また,上述のような視点から,緩衝材候補材料の検討の方向性と,その規格作成の重要性について述べる。
• REDISTRIBUTION OF STRONTIUM AND CESIUM DURING ALTERATION OF SMECTITE TO ILLITE

  T OHNUKI, T MURAKAMI, T SATO, H ISOBE

  RADIOCHIMICA ACTA 66-7 323 - 326 0033-8230 1994 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  The redistribution of strontium and cesium during the alteration of smectite to illite has been studied under hydrothermal conditions at 200 degrees C using solutions of 1 x 10(-4) M Sr and Cs. Two different sorption conditions were applied for the hydrothermal experiments. One was the condition in which strontium and cesium were sorbed by smectite before the hydrothermal experiments (dynamic condition). The other was the condition in which strontium and cesium were sorbed by the alteration products, illite/smectite (I/S) interstratified minerals after the hydrothermal experiments (static condition). The sorption characteristics of strontium and cesium by smectite, I/S interstratified minerals were examined by a sequential extraction method. Most of the strontium was desorbed from smectite and the I/S interstratified minerals with a 1 M KCl solution under both the dynamic and static conditions. Less than 1% of cesium was desorbed from the I/S interstratified minerals with any solution of a 1 M KCl, a 1 M HCl and a 6 M HCl under the dynamic condition, while most of cesium was desorbed with either solution of a 1 M KCl and 1 M HCl from smectite and from the I/S interstratified minerals under the static condition. These suggest that cesium sorbed by smectite changes its sorption characteristic during the alteration process, but strontium does not. Possible sites for more strongly bounded cesium to the I/S interstratified minerals may be at the 'ditrigonal cavity' of adjacent tetrahedral layers.
• SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EFFECT OF MINERAL ALTERATION ON NUCLIDE MIGRATION

  T MURAKAMI, T OHNUKI, H ISOBE, T SATO, N YANASE, H KIMURA

  SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT XVII 333 645 - 652 0272-9172 1994 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• Redistribution of strontium and cesium during alteration of smectite to illite

  T Ohnuki, T Murakami, T Sato, H Isobe

  CHEMISTRY AND MIGRATION BEHAVIOUR OF ACTINIDES AND FISSION PRODUCTS IN THE GEOSPHERE 327 - 330 1994 [Refereed][Not invited]
  
• スメクタイト-クロライト反応の機構 : HRTEMによる検討

  村上 隆, 佐藤 努, 井上 厚行

  粘土科学 日本粘土学会 33 (3) 35 - 36 0470-6455 1993/12/30 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 10 スメクタイト-イライト反応の機構 : HRTEMによる検討

  佐藤 努, 村上 隆

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 37 33 - 34 1993
• CHANGES IN SORPTION FORMS OF RADIOACTIVE CESIUM AND STRONTIUM DURING SMECTITE TO ILLITE ALTERATION DIFFERENCE IN SORPTION FORMS BETWEEN DYNAMIC AND STATIC CONDITIONS

  T OHNUKI, T MURAKAMI, T SATO, H ISOBE

  JOURNAL OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY SOCIETY OF JAPAN 34 (12) 1139 - 1142 0004-7120 1992/12 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Effects of layer charge, charge location, and energy change on expansion properties of dioctahedral smectites

  Tsutomu Sato, Takashi Watanabe, Ryohei Otsuka

  Clays and Clay Minerals 40 (1) 103 - 113 1552-8367 1992 [Refereed][Not invited]
   

  Expansion properties of ten homoionic smectites that differed in amount and location of layer charge were examined by X-ray powder diffraction analysis at various relative humidities, or after glycerol or ethylene glycol solvations. Except for K-samples with glycerol solvation, and Na- and Ca-samples with ethylene glycol, differences in the basal spacings are observed in samples having similar layer charge. These results show that the basal spacings are larger when the layer charge is located in octahedral sites than when it is in tetrahedral sites. This suggests that expansion is due to the combined effects of the charge location and amount. The effects of layer charge magnitude and location on expansion were represented by an energy change (expansion energy: ΔEr) during the hydration and solvation processes. Plots of basal spacings versus ΔEr show a reasonable relationship the spacings generally decrease stepwise as the value of ΔEr increases. The basal spacings of K-samples with glycerol solvation, Na-saturated and K-saturated samples at 100% RH are apt to contract stepwise with increasing value of ΔEr. For these samples, the figures showing the relationship between each expanded phase and the charge characteristics are obtained from the isoquants of ΔEr, given the boundary of the expanded phases. A behavior test using these figures may be combined with the Greene-Kelly test to estimate the amount and the location of the layer charge of common smectites. © 1992, The Clay Minerals Society.
• Development of Relative Humidity Control Cell for Infrared Absorption Spectrum Measurement and its Applications for the Study of Clay Minerals

  SATO Tsutomu, ANDO Yoshiyuki, WATANABE Takashi, OTSUKA Ryohei

  Nendo Kagaku 日本粘土学会 31 (3) 143 - 149 0470-6455 1991/11/20 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  A relative humidity (RH) control cell for measurement of infrared absorption spectra (ReCCIR) was developed to investigate states and amounts of water in some clay minerals. The reproducible infrared spectrum can be obtained by the ReCCIR under the condition of 0-100% RH at 25℃. Using the ReCCIR, the following investigations are performed : the observation of hysteresis in hydration-dehydration process of smectite and the rehydration properties of the dehydrated smectite, and the quantitative estimation of halloysite ratio in the mixture of kaolinite and halloysite.
• Study on Kaolin Minerals of the Seto Group in Onada District, Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

  ANDO Yoshiyuki, SATO Tsutomu, WATANABE Takashi, OBA Takanobu

  Nendo Kagaku 日本粘土学会 31 (3) 150 - 160 0470-6455 1991/11/20 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The Plio-Pleistocene Seto Group is distributed in the Onada district, Tajimi City; Gifu Prefecture. The Tokiguchi Formation that is the lower part of the Seto Group is rich in clay. The constituent minerals of the sediment are quartz, kaolin mineral and smectite. Some samples contain small amount of mica mineral and lepidochrocite. Moreover, the mineralogical properties of the clay were examined by means of X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy In the present investigation, the kaolin mineral in the Tokiguchi Formation is mainly composed of b-axis disordered kaoli...
• Conversion of Smectite-Illite in Tertiary Shales and Sandstones(Special ReviewDiagenesis)

  SATO Tsutomu, ISOBE Hiroshi, WATANABE Takashi

  Nendo Kagaku 日本粘土学会 31 (1) 32 - 37 0470-6455 1991/05/20 [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Diagenetic illite/smectite interstrafitied minerals (I/S) from Neogene shales and sandstones in the regions of the Yachi River and Nakanomata River, Niigata Pref. (Japan) are examined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). The decrease of smectite percentage in I/S takes place continuously from 100% to 30%. The I/S from sandstone laminae tend to be of higher expandability than from adjacent shale laminae belonging to the same horizon. Some of XRD patterns indicate that intermediate stage exists at the conversion process from g=0 to g=1. It is due to the mixture or the segregated structure with random ...
• P11 2八面体型・3八面体型スメクタイトの膨張性

  佐藤 努, 大塚 良平, 渡辺 隆

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 35 104 - 105 1991
• P10 スメクタイト : イライト反応への出発物質の影響

  村上 隆, 佐藤 努, 磯部 博志

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 35 102 - 103 1991
• P12 スメクタイト : イライト反応の初期過程

  佐藤 努, 村上 隆, 磯部 博志, 渡辺 隆

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 35 106 - 107 1991
• Properties of expandable layer in illitization of smectites.

  SATO TSUTOMU, FUJII MIKA, WATANABE TAKASHI, OTSUKA RYOHEI

  鉱物学雑誌 日本鉱物学会 19 17 - 22 0454-1146 1990/03 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Diagenetic alteration of the Neogene sedimentary rocks in the no district, Niigata prefecture.

  SATO TSUTOMU, WATANABE TAKASHI

  岩鉱 日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会 84 (8) 259 - 269 0914-9783 1989/08 [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 56 混合層鉱物のexpandable layerの層電荷

  渡辺 隆, 佐藤 努

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 32 84 - 84 1988
• 45 相対湿度制御下における膨潤性粘土鉱物の層間水分子層について (I)

  佐藤 努, 渡辺 隆

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 31 69 - 69 1987
• 46 相対湿度制御下における膨潤性粘土鉱物の層間水分子層について (II)

  渡辺 隆, 佐藤 努

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 31 70 - 70 1987
• P1-08 相対湿度制御による膨潤性粘土鉱物の層電荷の見積り

  渡辺 隆, 佐藤 努

  粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録 日本粘土学会 30 8 - 8 1986

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• シンポジウム 低温蛇紋岩化反応プロセスとその生物地球化学的意義について—Low-temperature serpentinization reaction process and its biogeochemical significance

  佐藤 努  ペドロジスト = Pedologist / 日本ペドロジー学会 編  65-  (1)  14  -17  2021/06
• Temporal change of permeability in macro-fractured granite by accumulation of fine-grained minerals

  Yoshitaka NARA, Masaji KATO, Tsutomu SATO, Masanori KOHNO, Toshinori SATO  EGU General Assembly 2020  EGU2020-1217  2020/05  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Permeability measurement for macro-fractured granite using water including clay

  Yoshitaka NARA, Masaji KATO, Tsutomu SATO, Masanori KOHNO, Toshinori SATO  2019 ISRM Specialized Conference, the 5th ISRM Young Scholars' Symposium on Rock Mechanics and International Symposium on Rock Engineering for Innovative Future (YSRM2019&REIF2019)  Paper No.P-4-  2019/12  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 講演再録 ナチュラルアナログ研究のすゝめ—An encouragement of natural analogue study—Vol.25 No.2 ; 特集 第34回バックエンド夏期セミナー

  佐藤 努  原子力バックエンド研究 = Journal of nuclear fuel cycle and environment  25-  (1・2)  113  -118  2018/12
• 汚染水処理から発生する使用済み合成ゼオライト及びチタン酸塩の長期保管における固化マトリックスとしてのジオポリマーの適用性

  戸田賀奈子, SOONTHRONWIPHAT Natatsawas, TWO Hnin Wint Wint, 小林佑太朗, 黒田知眞, 森永祐加, 胡桃澤清文, YOGARAJAH Elakneswaran, 杉山隆文, KE Xinyuan, PROVIS John, 佐藤努  日本原子力研究開発機構JAEA-Review(Web)  (2018-017)  2018
• 充填鉱物を有する花崗岩のき裂の水理開口幅の評価

  加藤昌治, 奈良禎太, 岡崎勇樹, 河野勝宣, 佐藤稔紀, 佐藤努, 福田大祐, 高橋学  日本材料学会学術講演会講演論文集  66th-  2017
• 粘土を含む水が流れる環境下での破壊した花崗岩における透水性の変化

  奈良禎太, 加藤昌治, 岡崎勇樹, 河野勝宣, 福田大祐, 佐藤努, 佐藤稔紀, 高橋学  資源・素材(Web)  2017-  2017
• Effect of filling minerals on fracture permeability of granite

  Masaji KATO, Yoshitaka NARA, Masanori KOHNO, Toshinori SATO, Tsutomu SATO, Daisuke FUKUDA, Manabu TAKAHASHI  Proceedings of the 14th Japan Symposium on Rock Mechanics  14th-  Paper No.68  2017/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 放射性廃棄物の地層処分 : 素材科学と地球科学における知のインテグレーションの必要性—特集 放射性物質と素材プロセッシング

  佐藤 努  金属  86-  (11)  987  -993  2016/11
• Importance of temperature control during permeability test for measuring hydraulic constants of rock

  Masaji KATO, Yoshitaka NARA, Masanori KOHNO, Toshinori SATO, Daisuke FUKUDA, Tsutomu SATO, Manabu TAKAHASHI  Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering: From the Past to the Future (Resat Ulusay et al. editors), Proceedings of EUROCK 2016 - the 2016 ISRM International Symposium  259  -263  2016/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Rock masses serve a vital function as natural flow barriers for geological disposal of radioactive waste; therefore, information on rock permeability is essential. Highly accurate measurement of permeability requires understanding of how temperature changes in the surrounding environment influence measurement results. We performed permeability measurement under conditions with dramatic changes of temperature in the surrounding environment to investigate the influence of such changes on the experimental results. Measurement of permeability with no temperature change was also conducted as reference. All measurements were conducted using the transient pulse method, and the sample material used was Toki granite obtained from Gifu Prefecture in central Japan. We found that temperature changes in the surrounding environment remarkably affected the pressure in reservoirs upstream and downstream, the pressure difference between them, and the confining pressure; all increased when temperature increased for our experimental system. Notably, pressure difference was affected immediately. This difference directly relates to estimation of permeability. As temperature changes significantly affect pressure difference, it is essential to minimize temperature changes in the surrounding environment so as to achieve accurate measurement of rock permeability.
• Precipitation of calcium compound on silicate rock surface

  Yoshitaka NARA, Ryuta KUWATANI, Masanori KOHNO, Yusaku HAMADA, Masaji KATO, Tsutomu SATO, Toshinori SATO  Creative Development of Rock Mechanics and Engineering, Proceedings of the 2016 Korea-Japan Joint Symposium on Rock Engineering & 2016 Spring Conference and General Assembly of Korean Society for Rock Mechanics  2016/05  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 花崗岩の透水性に及ぼすき裂修復の影響

  加藤昌治, 奈良禎太, 二里竜平, 河野勝宣, 佐藤稔紀, 佐藤努, 福田大祐, 高橋学  日本材料学会学術講演会講演論文集  65th-  2016
• 岩石と粘土におけるトランジェントパルス法を用いた透水係数測定

  加藤昌治, 奈良禎太, 岡崎勇樹, 河野勝宣, 佐藤稔紀, 佐藤努, 福田大祐, 高橋学  資源・素材(Web)  2016-  2016
• 有害無機陰イオンのマネージメントにおける地球化学モデリングの重要性—Importance of Geochemical Modeling in Management of Hazardous Inorganic Anions

  佐藤 努  The proceedings of Symposium on Geo-Environments and Geo-Technics = 社会地質学シンポジウム論文・要旨集  25-  89  -94  2015/11
• 放射性廃棄物処分の安全研究における地盤工学技術者の盲点

  佐藤 努  地盤工学会誌 = Geotechnical engineering magazine : 土と基礎 / 地盤工学会会誌編集委員会 編  63-  (6)  12  -15  2015/06  

  コレクション : 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション > 電子書籍・電子雑誌 > 学術機関 > 学協会
• 人工バリア「ベントナイト」のトリビアな話

  佐藤 努  Energy for the future  39-  (1)  18  -21  2015
• 大島花崗岩における長期サブクリティカルき裂進展計測

  奈良禎太, 春井友貴, 河野勝宣, 加藤昌治, 福田大祐, 佐藤努  資源・素材(Web)  2015-  2015
• 岩石の透水試験における温度制御の重要性

  加藤昌治, 奈良禎太, 河野勝宣, 福田大祐, 佐藤稔紀, 佐藤努, 高橋学  資源・素材(Web)  2015-  2015
• 方解石の熱ルミネセンス特性

  小形学, 長谷部徳子, 福士圭介, 藤井直樹, 山川稔, 佐藤努, 伊藤一充  フィッション・トラックニュースレター  (27)  14  -16  2014/12/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• The Relationship Between Smectite/ Illite Ratios and Diagenetic History of Sandstone Reservoir, Batu Ayau Formation, Upper Kutai Basin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

  T. Puji Astuti, S. Surjono, I. Warmada, D.P. Kusuma, Y. Tsukada, T. Otake, T. Sato  International Petroleum Technology Conference 2014, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  17895  2014/12  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 無機汚染物質の除去・隔離のための層状化合物—Layered Compounds for Removal and Isolation of Inorganic Pollutants—特集 無機層状化合物(2)

  佐藤 努  Journal of the Society of Inorganic Materials, Japan : セッコウ・石灰・セメント・地球環境の科学 / 無機マテリアル学会 編  21-  (368)  42  -48  2014/01
• Example of Cesium Sorption Database in natural minerals

  横山信吾, 山田裕久, 渡辺雄二郎, 中田弘太郎, 田村堅志, 佐藤努, 伊藤健一, 八田珠郎  Nendokagaku  52-  (1)  32  -39  2013/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 第2回Asian Clay会議に参加して

  佐藤 努  粘土科学  51-  (2)  50  -51  2013
• 福島第一原発事故で発生した放射性廃棄物の処理・処分に内在する課題—The Problematics in Treatment and Disposal of The Radioactive Waste Produced by Accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant—特集 セラミックスによる放射性廃棄物の処理方法

  佐藤 努  Ceramics Japan = セラミックス : bulletin of the Ceramic Society of Japan  47-  (11)  859  -863  2012/11
• 菱刈鉱山から産するスメクタイトの粒径特性と安定同位体組成

  松本晃, 米田哲朗, 佐藤努, 大竹翼, 石山大三, 高橋亮平, 松葉谷治  日本鉱物科学会年会講演要旨集  2012-  216  2012/09/15  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Ca(OH)₂溶液におけるモンモリロナイトの溶解速度—pHおよびC‐S‐H生成の影響—

  木嶋達也, 中林亮, YOGARAJAH Elakneswaran, 小田治恵, 大竹翼, 佐藤努, 米田哲朗  日本原子力学会秋の大会予稿集(CD−ROM)  2012-  ROMBUNNO.B50  -622  2012/09/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Ca(OH)2溶液におけるモンモリロナイトの溶解速度をフロースルー実験により算出した。溶解速度に対するpHの影響は先行研究で明らかにされているNaOH溶液におけるものと同様であった。一方、pHやCa濃度の条件によっては二次生成物としてC-S-Hが生成することが認められた。C-S-Hの生成がモンモリロナイトの溶解速度にどのような影響を与えるかを地球科学モデリングによって評価した。
• 低温蛇紋岩化作用から学ぶ高アルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学—Geo- and bio-resource science and technology learnt from the processes at hyperalkaline environment from low temperature serpentinization—総特集 オマーンに湧出する高アルカリ泉から学ぶ アルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学

  佐藤 努  月刊地球 = Chikyu monthly / 月刊地球編集部 編  34-  (3)  125  -129  2012/03
• オマーンに湧出する高アルカリ泉から学ぶアルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学 低温蛇紋岩化作用から学ぶ高アルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学

  佐藤努  月刊地球  34-  (3)  125-129  -179  2012/03/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• オマーンに湧出する高アルカリ泉から学ぶアルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学 オマーン北部地域の地下水・河川水の同位体研究

  上田晃, 柴田知之, PYTHON Marie, 芳川雅子, 佐藤努  月刊地球  34-  (3)  142-147  -147  2012/03/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• オマーンに湧出する高アルカリ泉から学ぶアルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学 高アルカリ泉周辺で生成する二次生成物の鉱物学とその反応速度論

  松原勇武, 星野純, 安楽総太郎, 安楽総太郎, 佐藤努, 米田哲朗  月刊地球  34-  (3)  163-167  -167  2012/03/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• オマーンに湧出する高アルカリ泉から学ぶアルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学 高アルカリ環境に棲む魚類—生理・生態とその生物学的意義—

  鈴木雅一, 安楽総太郎, 安楽総太郎, 佐藤努, VICTOR Reginald  月刊地球  34-  (3)  147-153  -163  2012/03/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• オマーンに湧出する高アルカリ泉から学ぶアルカリ環境の地球・生物資源科学 アルカリ環境で生成する鉱物による陰イオンの収着とその長期挙動

  安楽総太郎, 安楽総太郎, 松原勇武, 星野純, 佐藤努, 米田哲朗  月刊地球  34-  (3)  173-179  -179  2012/03/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• フィリピン北東部に分布するSaileベントナイトの成因—ナチュラルアナログ研究としての成立性の検証—

  塚田康元, 藤田健太, 中林亮, 佐藤努, 米田哲朗, 山川稔, 藤井直樹, 並木和人, 笠間丈志, PASCUA C, ARCILLA C, ALEXANDER R  資源・素材学会北海道支部春季講演会講演要旨集  2012-  27-28  2012  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 沈殿相として層状複水酸化物を用いた新しいニッケル含有廃水処理法の開発

  岡橋東子, 西内亨, 佐藤努, 米田哲朗  資源・素材学会北海道支部春季講演会講演要旨集  2012-  33-34  2012  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• A26 福島第一原発事故による放射能汚染の背景と課題(天然鉱物等の無機材料を利用して放射性物質を除去・回収できるのだろうか?,提案型セッション)

  佐藤 努  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  55-  136  -137  2011
• Isotope compositions of groundwater and surface waters in the northern region, Oman

  Ueda Akira, Shibata Tomoyuki, Python Marie, Yoshikawa Masako, Sato Tsutomu  Abstracts of Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan  58-  (0)  216  -216  2011  [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Isotopic compositions of groundwater and river waters in northern part of Oman were analyzed to examine theri origins. Most of water samples are of meteoric origin and water-rock interaction will be discussed.
• Report on "Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of Bentonite for Radioactive Waste Disposal"

  横山 信吾, 横地 琢哉, 佐藤 努  原子力バックエンド研究 Journal of nuclear fuel cycle and environment  17-  (2)  85  -87  2010/12
• ナチュラルアナログ;自然に学ぶ地層処分 数万年先を予測する工学技術とは?第3回(最終回)

  北山一美, 佐藤努, 吉田英一  ΑΤΟΜΟΣ  52-  (10)  657-662  -662  2010/10/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 土の化学・物理 2.土の化学・物理と鉱物学

  佐藤努  地盤工学会誌  58-  (10)  43-50  -50  2010/10/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural Analogues / Supporting Geological Disposal : Gaining Evidence of Predictability on 100ka Timescales

  KITAYAMA Kazumi, SATO Tsutomu, YOSHIDA Hidekazu  Ατομοσ  52-  (10)  657  -662  2010/10/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 土の化学・物理と鉱物学

  佐藤 努  地盤工学会誌  58-  (10)  43  -50  2010/10/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  コレクション : 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション > 電子書籍・電子雑誌 > 学術機関 > 学協会
• B03 Sorption behavior of fluorine in Si-Al-Mg mineral system at alkaline condition

  Xiaoji Liu, Sato Tsutomu, Opiso Einstine, Yoneda Tetsuro  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (54)  82  -83  2010/09/07
• B01 銅・亜鉛含有廃水処理における層状複合金属複水酸化物の利用 : 自然に学ぶ新しい廃水処理技術の開発(口頭発表,一般講演)

  岡本 浩紀, 森本 和也, 安楽 総太郎, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (54)  78  -79  2010/09/07
• ナチュラルアナログ;自然に学ぶ地層処分 数万年先を予測する工学技術とは?第2回

  北山一美, 佐藤努, 吉田英一  ΑΤΟΜΟΣ  52-  (9)  553-558  -558  2010/09/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural analogues/Supporting geological disposal : Gaining Evidence of Predictability on 100ka Timescales

  KITAYAMA Kazumi, SATO Tsutomu, YOSHIDA Hidekazu  Ατομοσ  52-  (9)  553  -558  2010/09/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 地球工学技術における化学スペシエーションの重要性—地球工学技術者のニーズと分析化学者への要望—

  佐藤努  KEK Proc  (2010-4)  440-483  2010/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural analogues / Supporting geological disposal : Gaining evidence of predictability on 100ka timescales

  YOSHIDA Hidekazu, KITAYAMA Kazumi, SATO Tsutomu  Ατομοσ  52-  (8)  473  -477  2010/08/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Prediction of ionic adsorption and multi–ionic transport in cementitious materials

  Elakneswaran Yogarajah, Nawa Toyoharu, Sato Tsutomu, Kurumisawa Kiyofumi, Iwasa Akihito  Proceedings of Annual / Fall Meetings of Atomic Energy Society of Japan  2010-  (0)  836  -836  2010  [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  Cementitious materials are being used for encapsulation, back filling, and grouting purposes in deep geological repositories of long – lived radioactive waste. The long – term performance of cementitious materials has been investigating for safety disposal of radioactive waste. The durability performance of cementitious materials is mainly determined by resistance to transport of aggressive substances, however remain poorly understood. In this study, a thermodynamic integrated model has been developed to simulate multi-ionic transport in cementitious materials with considering ionic adsorption. The model has been validated against measured experimental data.
• A11 組成や構造の異なる鉱物によるアミノ酸重合触媒作用と相対湿度の影響(口頭発表,一般講演)

  弘山 郁織, 大田 由貴恵, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (53)  38  -39  2009/09/10
• B6 モンモリロナイト粒子のアスペクト比と懸濁液中における粒子の会合構造(口頭発表,一般講演)

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (53)  78  -79  2009/09/10
• P32 休廃止鉱山からの銅、亜鉛含有廃水におけるhydrowoodwarditeの生成 : 効率的で新しい廃水処理方法の開発のために(ポスター発表,一般講演)

  岡本 浩紀, 森本 和也, 安楽 総太郎, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (53)  198  -199  2009/09/10
• P14 高アルカリ環境下におけるモンモリロナイトの溶解キネティクス : 溶存AlとSi濃度およびΔGrの影響(ポスター発表,一般講演)

  千野 大輔, 佐藤 努, 大谷 祐介, 中林 亮, 高山 英樹, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (53)  162  -163  2009/09/10
• P26 X線CTを用いたアルカリ-ベントナイト相互作用の観察(ポスター発表,一般講演)

  中林 亮, 千野 大輔, 河原木 千恵, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗, 金子 勝比古  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (53)  186  -187  2009/09/10
• P16 高アルカリ環境下におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度への溶存Alの影響(ポスター討論)

  千野 大輔, 佐藤 努, 大谷 祐介, 高山 英樹, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  188  -189  2008/09/03
• A8 加熱処理したモンモリロナイトの分散液の粘度(口頭発表,一般講演)

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  46  -47  2008/09/03
• A14 ハイドロタルサイトに対する陰イオンの特異吸着性とそれに関連した陰イオン特性(口頭発表,一般講演)

  森本 和也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  58  -59  2008/09/03
• A26 高アルカリ環境での含マグネシウム鉱物の生成とヒ素の不可逆的固定(口頭発表,一般講演)

  佐藤 努, 浅井 篤史, 森本 和也, 安楽 総太郎, 米田 哲朗, 沼子 千弥  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  82  -83  2008/09/03
• P35 様々な鉱物のアミノ酸重合触媒作用と相対湿度の影響(ポスター討論)

  弘山 郁織, 大田 由貴恵, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  226  -227  2008/09/03
• P30 天然高アルカリ条件下における陰イオンの収着と鉱物の生成について(ポスター討論)

  安楽 総太郎, 森本 和也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  216  -217  2008/09/03
• B19 粘土とセメントの相互作用に関するXAFSを用いた研究(口頭発表,一般講演)

  沼子 千弥, 坂本 浩幸, 芳賀 和子, 柴田 真仁, 大和田 仁, 黒澤 進, 山田 憲和, 中澤 俊之, 佐藤 努, 胡桃澤 清文, 安楽 総大郎  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  122  -123  2008/09/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• P51 土壌汚染対策におけるシュベルトマナイトの活用(ポスター討論)

  伊藤 健一, 太田 慶子, 池田 穂高, 福士 圭介, 川西 琢也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (52)  258  -259  2008/09/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Sorption characteristics of oxyanions during and after allophane precipitation

  E. M. Opiso, T. Sato, T. Yoneda  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  72-  (12)  A707  -A707  2008/07  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural analogue study on mineral formation and anion uptake at the hyperalkaline conditions

  S. Anraku, K. Morimoto, T. Sato, T. Yoneda  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  72-  (12)  A28  -A28  2008/07  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Irreversible fixation of Arsenic during formation of Mg-bearing minerals at alk, aline condition

  T. Sato, A. Asai, K. Morimoto, S. Anraku, T. Yoneda  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  72-  (12)  A825  -A825  2008/07  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• アルカリ環境下におけるサポナイト溶解の速度論的研究—放射性廃棄物処分施設における人工バリア材料としての適応可能性検討—

  横山信吾, 佐藤努  電力中央研究所地球工学研究所研究報告  (N07020)  25P  -19,巻頭1〜4  2008/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Kinetics study on saponite dissolution under alkaline conditions: applicability of saponite as engineered barrier for radioactive waste disposal facility

  横山 信吾, 佐藤 努  電力中央研究所報告, 研究報告, N  (7020)  1  -19,巻頭1〜4  2008/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 粘土基礎講座I 4. 粘土の特性と利用

  佐藤努  2008
• アルカリ環境で生成する鉱物による無機陰イオンの取り込み

  佐藤努, 浅井篤史, 安楽総太郎, 森本和也, アインシュタイン オピソ, 沼子千弥, 米田哲朗  資源・素材  2008-  (C/D/E)  2008
• XAFS Study for interaciton between clayminerals and cements

  Numako Chiya, Kurumizawa Kiyofumi, Anraku Sotaro, Sakamoto Hiroyuki, Haga Kazuko, Shibata Masahito, Ohwada Hitoshi, Kurosawa Susumu, Yamada Norikazu, Nakazawa Toshiyuki, Sato Tsutomu  Abstracts of annual meeting of The Clay Science Society of Japan  52-  (0)  45  -45  2008  [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  放射性廃棄物の地層処理に関して人工バリアとして設計されているベントナイトとセメントの相互作用を評価するために、放射光を用いたXAFS分析を適用した。XAFS測定は高エネルギー物理学研究機構物質構造科学研究所放射光実験施設Photon FactoryのBL9Aにおいて行った。試料としては合成CSHと種々の粘土鉱物、また人工バリア模擬体を３年程度浸水実験した試験片に対して行った。その結果、XAFS法が試料中のCaの化学形の決定及びベントナイトーセメント相互作用の評価に有用であることが解った。
• 第51回粘土科学討論会(札幌大会)報告

  米田 哲朗, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  46-  (4)  219  -221  2007/12/26  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 低レベル放射性廃棄物処分施設における人工バリアの耐久性評価—アルカリ環境下でのベントナイト系材料中のモンモリロナイト溶解に関する研究—

  横山信吾, 佐藤努, 大谷祐介, 高山英樹, 中村邦彦, 田中幸久, 廣永道彦  電力中央研究所地球工学研究所研究報告  (N07006)  27P  -21,巻頭4p  2007/11  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Durability assessment for engineered barrier system of low-level radioactive waste disposal facility: study on dissolution behavior of montmorillonite in bentonite materials under alkaline conditions

  横山 信吾, 佐藤 努, 大谷 祐介  電力中央研究所報告, 研究報告, N  (7006)  1  -21,巻頭4p  2007/11  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 高アルカリ環境における圧縮スメクタイトの溶解・変質

  高山 英樹, 筒井 政則, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  日本鉱物学会・学術講演会,日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会学術講演会講演要旨集  2007-  173  -173  2007/09/22
• Generation of hyperalkaline springs and occurrence of hydrotalcite in Oman Ophiolite

  MORIMOTO Kazuya, SATO Tsutomu, ANRAKU Sohtaro, ASAI Atsushi, YONEDA Tetsuro  日本鉱物学会・学術講演会,日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会学術講演会講演要旨集  2007-  174  -174  2007/09/22
• アルカリ溶液の種類が及ぼすスメクタイトの溶解速度への影響

  横山信吾, 佐藤努, 中村邦彦, 田中幸久, 広永道彦, 谷智之, 庭瀬一仁  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  51st-  (51)  32  -33  2007/09/12  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• A5 ハイドロタルサイト表面に対する無機陰イオンの特異吸着性と物性に与える影響

  森本 和也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  40  -41  2007/09/12
• P8 高アルカリ泉における沈殿物の生成過程と特性

  安楽 総太郎, 森本 和也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  162  -163  2007/09/12
• P18 モンモリロナイト粒子のアスペクト比と水分散液の粘度との関係

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  182  -183  2007/09/12
• P33 フミン酸をコーティングした鉱物へのフェナントレンの吸着とその後の安定性

  蒲生 真也, 佐藤 努, 玉村 修司, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  212  -213  2007/09/12
• P48 Fe含有層状複水酸化物の合成とその熱安定性

  森本 和也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  242  -243  2007/09/12
• P34 相対湿度制御下でのペプチド結合生成反応における鉱物の触媒作用

  大田 由貴恵, 弘山 郁織, 玉村 修司, 佐藤 努  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  214  -215  2007/09/12
• P32 相対温度制御下における鉱物粒子に伴われるPAHsの安定性

  玉村 修司, 佐藤 努, 大田 由貴恵, 蒲生 真也, 弘山 郁織, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  210  -211  2007/09/12
• P22 高アルカリ環境下におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度への圧縮の影響

  高山 英樹, 筒井 政則, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  190  -191  2007/09/12
• P41 シュベルトマナイト表面における様々な吸着陰イオン種の結合形態と吸着後の安定性の関係

  高田 盛生, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (51)  228  -229  2007/09/12
• P14 米国産ボルクレイベントナイトの原鉱石の締固め密度と物性の関係

  志々目 正高, 加藤 啓樹, 佐藤 泰, 大西 利満, 佐藤 努  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  0-  (51)  174  -175  2007/09/12  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• P19 ベントナイト原鉱石の堆積構造と透水性の関係

  河原木 千恵, 佐藤 努, 佐藤 泰, 大西 利満, 志々目 正高, 金子 勝比古, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  0-  (51)  184  -185  2007/09/12  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Adsorption of oxyanions on schwertmannite and its post-adsorption behavior

  M. Takada, K. Fukushi, T. Sato, T. Yoneda  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  71-  (15)  A994  -A994  2007/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• P26.低温における層状ケイ酸塩鉱物の生成に対するアルミニウムの影響(ポスターセッション,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  浅井 篤史, Pascua Chelo, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  86  -86  2007/02/16
• P29.原子間力顕微鏡の画像解析と鉱物の溶解速度算出への応用(ポスターセッション,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  高山 英樹, 大谷 祐介, 筒井 政則, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲郎  粘土科学  46-  (1)  86  -86  2007/02/16
• P10.Zinc-stevensite syntheses from aqueous starting materials at relatively low temperatures

  パスクワ チェロ, 山田 裕久, 田村 堅志, 八田 珠郎, 佐藤 努  Nendo Kagaku  46-  (1)  84  -84  2007/02/16
• A17.マイクロフォーカスX線CTによるベントナイト : 珪砂混合体の微細構造観察(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  河原木 千恵, 中村 祐亮, 金子 勝比古, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  79  -79  2007/02/16
• A18.携帯型近赤外測定装置を用いたベントナイトライナーの均質性評価(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  中村 祐亮, 河原木 千恵, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  80  -80  2007/02/16
• A22.高アルカリ環境下におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度へのΔGrの影響(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  大谷 祐介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  80  -80  2007/02/16
• B26.鉱物とPHAsの相互作用(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  玉村 修司, 佐藤 努, 大田 由貴恵, 唐 寧, 早川 和一, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  82  -82  2007/02/16
• A23.アルカリ環境におけるサポナイト溶解の速度論的研究 : モンモリロナイトの溶解速度との比較(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  横山 信吾, 佐藤 努, 田中 幸久  粘土科学  46-  (1)  80  -80  2007/02/16
• B11.シュベルトマナイト鉱物表面における吸着陰イオン種の選択性(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  高田 盛生, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  78  -79  2007/02/16
• A14.アルカリ環境におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度とバリア性能の長期評価(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 大谷 祐介, 高山 英樹, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  78  -78  2007/02/16
• A21.モンモリロナイト/水分散液における導電率と粘度との関係(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 榎戸 洋之  粘土科学  46-  (1)  80  -80  2007/02/16
• B10.ハイドロタルサイトに対する無機陰イオンの吸着機構 : 端面吸着の影響評価(一般講演 口頭発表,第50回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  森本 和也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学  46-  (1)  78  -78  2007/02/16
• A17 マイクロフォーカスX線CTによるベントナイトー珪砂混合体の微細構造観察

  河原木 千恵, 中村 祐亮, 金子 勝比古, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  62  -63  2006/09/07
• A18 携帯型近赤外測定装置を用いたベントナイトライナーの均質性評価

  中村 祐亮, 河原木 千恵, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  64  -65  2006/09/07
• B11 シュベルトマナイト鉱物表面における吸着陰イオン種の選択性

  高田 盛生, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  108  -109  2006/09/07
• A21 モンモリロナイト/水 分散液における導電率と粘度との関係

  鈴木 啓三, 佐藤 努, 榎戸 洋之  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  70  -71  2006/09/07
• B10 ハイドロタルサイトに対する無機陰イオンの吸着機構 : 端面吸着の影響評価

  森本 和也, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  106  -107  2006/09/07
• A22 高アルカリ環境下におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度へのΔGrの影響

  大谷 祐介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  72  -73  2006/09/07
• A14 アルカリ環境におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度とバリア性能の長期評価

  佐藤 努, 大谷 祐介, 高山 英樹, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  56  -57  2006/09/07
• A23 アルカリ環境におけるサポナイト溶解の速度論的研究 : モンモリロナイトの溶解速度との比較

  横山 信吾, 佐藤 努, 田中 幸久  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  74  -75  2006/09/07
• P29 原子間力顕微鏡の画像解析と鉱物の溶解速度算出への応用

  高山 英樹, 筒井 政則, 大谷 祐介, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲郎  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  202  -203  2006/09/07
• B26 鉱物とPAHsの相互作用

  玉村 修司, 佐藤 努, 大田 由貴恵, 唐 寧, 早川 和一, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  50-  138  -139  2006/09/07  

  金沢大学大学院自然科学研究科環境動態金沢大学薬学部
• P26 低温における層状ケイ酸塩鉱物の生成に対するアルミニウムの影響

  浅井 篤史, Chelo Pascua, 佐藤 努, 米田 哲朗  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (50)  196  -197  2006/09/07
• GS10: Clays and Environment(7.ジェネラルセッション報告, 第13回国際粘土会議報告)

  佐藤 努  粘土科学  45-  (2)  122  2006/03/06
• Environmental behavior of plutonium isotopes studied at the area of the Chernobyl accident -transport, partitioning, migration-

  MASTUNAGA Takeshi, YANASE Nobuyuki, SANADA Yukihisa, NAGAO Seiya, UENO Takashi, SATO Tsutomu, ISOBE Hiroshi, AMANO Hikaru, Yurij Tkachenko  The Japan Radiation Research Society Annual Meeting Abstracts  2006-  (0)  337  -337  2006  [Not refereed][Not invited]
   

  The behavior of plutonium isotopes was studied in the terrestrial and aquatic environment in the area where the Chernobyl accident took place. Radioactive concentrations and physical and chemical forms of the accident-derived Pu were investigated for soil, surface water, suspended solid, and bottom sediment samples in the vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The migration rate from the contaminated ground of the area by fluvial transport was estimated as about 0.1 % maximally in 1986, the year of the accident. Then it was decreased to as low as 0.01% in 2000. Chemically, most of the plutonium isotopes were found in so-called organic phase and least-soluble phase in soil and suspended solid samples. The same was for the bottom sediment collected at the Pripyat River near the power plant. This chemical form suggests limited mobility and solubility of Pu in the studied environment. This is in contrast to strontium-90 that has been found most soluble among Cs, Sr and Pu radioisotopes in the area and broadly influences on the aquatic environment. This study has also revealed that physical form of transport of Pu in river water was as follows: 60-80% of the total Pu in particulate form in suspended solid ; colloidal form 10-20%; truly dissolved form 10-20%. This phase partitioning is similar to that found for Pu derived from a reprocessing plant effluent in the Rhone River and other instances.
• Field evidence for uranium nanocrystallization and its implications for uranium transport

  MURAKAMI Takashi, SATO Tsutomu, OHNUKI Toshihiko, ISOBE Hiroshi  Chem Geol  221-  (1-2)  117  -126  2005/09/05  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 産学官連携による実用化技術への取組み 自然に学ぶ環境浄化技術とその事業化

  佐藤努, 伊藤健一, 福士圭介, 池田穂高, 平野武嗣, 橋本晃一  地質と調査  2005-  (1)  12-16  -36  2005/03/10  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Evaluation of the research on smectite dissolution behavior in a TRU waste disposal system

  SATO TSUTOMU  核燃料サイクル開発機構公開資料  55P  2005/02  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 自然に学ぶ環境浄化技術とその事業化 (小特集 産学官連携による実用化技術への取組み)

  佐藤 努, 伊藤 健一, 福士 圭介  地質と調査  2005-  (1)  12  -16  2005  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 自然に学環境浄化技術とその事業化

  地質と調査  (2005年1月号)  12  -16  2005  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• P51. 無機化合物による地熱水からのヒ素の除去(第48回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  湊 美緒, パスクア チェロ, 横山 信吾, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  44-  (2)  103  -103  2004/12/16
• A21. アルカリ環境におけるスメクタイトの溶解速度式(第48回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 黒田 真人, 横山 信吾, 福士 圭介, 筒井 政則, 田中 忠夫, 中山 真一  粘土科学  44-  (2)  94  -94  2004/12/16
• A22. 高アルカリ環境下でのスメクタイトの溶解 : バルク溶解実験とAFM溶解実験の比較(第48回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  横山 信吾, 黒田 真人, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  44-  (2)  94  -94  2004/12/16
• B25. シュベルトマナイトへの陰イオンの吸着挙動に関する研究(第48回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  高田 盛生, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 柳瀬 信之  粘土科学  44-  (2)  97  -97  2004/12/16
• P8. 膨張性雲母粘土鉱物を用いたアンモニウムイオンの吸着(第48回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  横山 信吾, 渡辺 雄二郎, 宇野 光, 田村 堅志, 山田 裕久, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  44-  (2)  98  -98  2004/12/16
• P34. 異なる比表面積を持つスメクタイトの溶解速度(第48回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  筒井 政則, 黒田 真人, 横山 信吾, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  44-  (2)  101  -101  2004/12/16
• Transportation of PAH by minerals in the atmosphere : PAH accompanyed with Kosa

  TAMAMURA Shuji, WANG Xilong, OTA Yukie, SATO Tutomu, TANG Ning, HAYAKAWA Kazuichi  日本鉱物学会・学術講演会,日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会学術講演会講演要旨集  2004-  113  -113  2004/09/22
• Development of novel processing method learnt to natural attenuation mechanism in acid mine drainage and examination of stability of the precipitation containing arsenic

  ITO Kenichi, HASHIMOTO Koichi, FUKUSHI Keisuke, MINATO Mio, OTA Yukie, ITO Akiko, SATO Tsutomu  日本鉱物学会・学術講演会,日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会学術講演会講演要旨集  2004-  109  -109  2004/09/22
• Stability of surface complexed nanoparticles

  FUKUSHI Keisuke, SATO Tsutomu  日本鉱物学会・学術講演会,日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会学術講演会講演要旨集  2004-  94  -94  2004/09/22
• Geochemistry of hyper alkaline environments::When, where and how have hyper alkaline environments been created? What is happening there?

  佐藤 努, 秋田 奈生子, 大世古 光弘, 荒井 章司, 福士 圭介, 横山 信吾  J. Jpn. Soc. Extremophiles  3-  (1)  1_60  -1_67  2004  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Kinetics and Mechanism of Smectite Dissolution.

  SATO TSUTOMU, YOKOYAMA SHINGO, KURODA MASATO  日本原子力研究所JAERI−Conf  123  2003/10  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• A13 固溶体生成反応としてみたシュベルトマナイトによる As (V) の取り込み

  福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 永野 哲志, 柳瀬 信之, 山田 裕久  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (47)  56  -57  2003/09/24
• P37 レス・風成塵構成物質への多環芳香族炭化水素の吸着とその安定性

  玉村 修司, 王 喜龍, 大田 由貴恵, 佐藤 努  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (47)  222  -223  2003/09/24
• B26 蛇紋石溶解の速度論的・機構論的研究

  倉繁 和也, 横山 信吾, 佐藤 努  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (47)  140  -141  2003/09/24
• P44 シュベルトマナイトへの陰イオン種の吸着とその後の挙動

  高田 盛生, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 柳瀬 信之  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (47)  236  -237  2003/09/24
• P29 Size distributions of trace metals in aerosol particles in Kanazawa, Japan

  Wang Xi long, Sato Tsutomu, Xing Bao shan, Tamamura Shuji  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (47)  206  -207  2003/09/24
• Mechanism and kinetics of smectite dissolution under alkaline conditions

  T Sato, M Kuroda, S Yokoyama, K Fukushi, T Tanaka, S Nakayama  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  67-  (18)  A415  -A415  2003/09  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Solid-solution reactions in As(V) sorption by schwertmannite

  K Fukushi, T Sato, T Nagano, N Yanase, H Yamada  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  67-  (18)  A113  -A113  2003/09  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• P32 アルカリ溶液によるスメクタイト溶解の速度論理的研究

  黒田 真人, 佐藤 努, 横山 信吾  粘土科学  42-  (3)  185  -185  2003/03/28  

  スメクタイトのアルカリ溶液による溶解速度を求めるため,強アルカリ溶液から弱アルカリ溶液までの一連のpHにおいて,撹拌フロースルー実験を行い,スメクタイトの溶解速度におけるpHの影響を明らかにした.
• A20 原子間力顕微鏡によるスメクタイト溶解のその場観察

  横山 信吾, 佐藤 努, 黒田 真人  粘土科学  42-  (3)  176  -176  2003/03/28  

  酸性・塩基性溶液中でのスメクタイト溶解を原子間力顕微鏡用液中セル内でリアルタイムに観察し,その結果について議論する.
• B1 様々な処理を施したスメクタイトの表面酸/塩基特性

  佐藤 努, 福士 圭介, 横山 信吾, 南 大樹, 金川 浩司  粘土科学  42-  (3)  178  -178  2003/03/28  

  硫酸処理,イオン交換水による透析処理,イオン交換樹脂による水素化処理を施したスメクタイトに対し,連続滴定により求めた水溶液系での表面酸/塩基特性や,指示薬法により求めた非水溶液系での表面酸性度の比較を行い,各処理が及ぼすスメクタイトの物性への影響を考察した.
• B1 様々な処理を施したスメクタイトの表面酸/塩基特性

  佐藤 努, 福士 圭介, 横山 信吾, 南 大樹, 金川 浩司  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  (46)  96  -97  2002/09/19
• Sorption of As(V) on schwertmannite and its effect on the transformation

  K Fukushi, T Sato, N Yanase  GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA  66-  (15A)  A249  -A249  2002/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 22-3 土壌中のヒ素の除去について : 不溶化の検討(22.緑化技術)

  伊藤 健一, 池田 穂高, 木田 幸男, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努  日本土壌肥料学会講演要旨集  (48)  136  -136  2002/03/25
• 23-55 ヒ素の自然浄化 : 微生物の関与による排水からのヒ素の有効除去(23.地域環境)

  福士 圭介, 木田 幸男, 荒 美紀子, 池田 穂高, 佐藤 努  日本土壌肥料学会講演要旨集  (48)  156  -156  2002/03/25
• 22-2 土壌のpH異常改良 : アルカリ土壌の改良方法(22.緑化技術)

  酒巻 とも恵, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 木田 幸男, 池田 穂高  日本土壌肥料学会講演要旨集  (48)  136  -136  2002/03/25
• Safety Study of Radioactive Waste Management. Natural analogue study on geological barrier.

  ONUKI TOSHIHIKO, YANASE NOBUYUKI, IIDA YOSHIHISA, ISOBE HIROSHI, SATO TSUTOMU, MURAKAMI TAKASHI  日本原子力研究所JAERI−Conf  82-83  2001/12  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 粘土の特性と利用

  佐藤努  粘土科学  41-  (1)  26  -33  2001/07/31  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Characteristics and Applications of Clays

  SATO Tsutomu  Nendo Kagaku  41-  (1)  26  -33  2001/07/31  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• A10 群馬県東平旧鉱山地域におけるヒ素の自然浄化 (第44回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  福士 圭介, 佐々木 美和, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  40-  (2)  119  -119  2000/11/30
• Geological disposal of radioactive wastes(Explanation of Geologic Term)

  Sato Tsutomu  Earth Science (Chikyu Kagaku)  54-  (3)  202  -204  2000/05/25  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 鉱物の変質とそのウランの移行への影響

  村上隆, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之, 磯部博志, 佐藤努, 鈴木庸平, 宇都宮聡  原研施設利用共同研究成果報告書  (UTRCN-G-28)  258-262  1999/12  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 海嶺の熱水活動と地下生物圏 4章 熱水環境における地下生物圏 熱水環境におけるバイオミネラリゼーション

  田崎和江, 佐藤努, 俵健二, 山村健  月刊海洋  211-216  1999/11/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 放射性廃棄物処分におけるバックフィルの利用に関する国際ワ-クショップ

  佐藤 努, 柴田 雅博, 市川 康明  原子力バックエンド研究  5-  (1)  97  -99  1998/09  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Surface Reactions of Minerals(3).

  村上隆, 門原博幸, 都築克征, 入船徹男, 関根敬一, 馬場恒孝, 大貫敏彦, 磯部博志, 佐藤努  原研施設利用共同研究成果報告書  (UTRCN-G-25(1995))  271  -283  1997/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Migration Behavior of Uranium in Surface Soil. Uranium Fixation Mechanism Downstream of Uranium Ore Deposit at Koongarra, Australia.

  大貫敏彦, 村上隆, 柳瀬信之, 磯部博志, 佐藤努, 関根敬一  日本地球化学会年会講演要旨集  1996-  159  1996/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Chlorite-Vermiculite reaction process : Observation by an electron microscope.

  土田宗一郎, 村上隆, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之, 磯部博志, 佐藤努  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1996-  156  1996/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Study on Assessment Safety of Geological Disposal of High Level Radioactive Waste. Research on Engineered Barrier. Buffer Material. Long-term Behavior of Backfill Material.

  SATO TSUTOMU  日本原子力研究所JAERI−Research  37-39  1996/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Study on Assessment Safety of Geological Disposal of High Level Radioactive Waste. Research on Natural Barrier. Natural Analogue Study. Natural Analogue Study at Koongarra, Australia.

  ONUKI TOSHIHIKO, YANASE NOBUYUKI, ISOBE HIROSHI, SATO TSUTOMU  日本原子力研究所JAERI−Research  72-74  1996/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• ウランの再分配―高分解能SEMによる分析

  村上隆, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之, 磯部博志, 佐藤努  日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会・日本鉱物学会・資源地質学会秋季連合学術講演会講演要旨集  1996-  152  1996  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 酸化の進行による鉱物の変質とウランの再分配

  磯部博志, 村上隆, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之, 佐藤努  日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会・日本鉱物学会・資源地質学会秋季連合学術講演会講演要旨集  1996-  153  1996  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Surface Reactions of Minerals.

  村上隆, 皆川鉄雄, 門原博幸, 都築克征, 岩本晃, 関根敬一, 馬場恒孝, 大貫敏彦, 佐藤努  原研施設利用共同研究成果報告書  (UTRCN-G-24(1994))  306  -307  1996/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Natural Analogue Study of the Oklo Uranium Ore Deposit.

  日高洋, 中原弘道, 海老原充, 関根敬一, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之, 磯部博志, 佐藤努  原研施設利用共同研究成果報告書  (UTRCN-G-24(1994))  310  -311  1996/01  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Mechanism of uranium resitribution at secondary ore deposit.

  村上隆, 佐藤努, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之  日本原子力学会秋の大会予稿集  1995-  631  1995/09  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Geochemical Studies for Geologic Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste.

  NAKAYAMA SHIN'ICHI, SATO TSUTOMU, NAGANO TETSUSHI, YANASE NOBUYUKI, YAMAGUCHI TETSUJI, ISOBE HIROSHI, ONUKI TOSHIHIKO, SEKINE KEIICHI  日本原子力研究所JAERI−Review  102P  1995/07  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 緑泥石・雲母の風化と鉄鉱物の生成

  佐藤努, 村上隆, 柳瀬信之, 磯部博志, 永野哲志, 大貫敏彦  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1995-  117  1995/05  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 風化に伴うウランの再分配

  村上隆, 都築克征, 清重順子, 佐藤努, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1995-  34  1995/05  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 風化による長石表面の変化

  門原博幸, 村上隆, 佐藤努, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦, 山本春也, GOPPELT‐LANGER P, 青木康, 楢本洋  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1995-  113  1995/05  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Geochemical processes of uranium migration. (1). Formation of secondary uranium minerals.

  磯部博志, 大貫敏彦, 佐藤努, 清重順子, 村上隆  日本原子力学会春の年会要旨集  33rd-  460  1995/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Geochemical processes of uranium migration. (2). Uranium fixation mechanism at downstream of the ore deposit.

  村上隆, 都築克征, 佐藤努, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦  日本原子力学会春の年会要旨集  33rd-  461  1995/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Geochemical processes of uranium migration. (3). Thermodynamic consideration of uranium mineralization.

  大貫敏彦, 磯部博志, 佐藤努, 村上隆  日本原子力学会春の年会要旨集  33rd-  462  1995/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 酸化・還元境界におけるウラン鉱物の形成

  磯部博志, 佐藤努, 柳瀬信之, 大貫敏彦  日本岩石鉱物鉱床学会・日本鉱物学会・資源地質学会秋季連合学術講演会講演要旨集  1995-  139  1995  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• ウラン鉱床下流域でのウラン再分配機構:微結晶ウラン鉱物の沈澱

  都築克征, 村上隆, 佐藤努, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1994-  66  1994/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 長石と水の反応 (1) Orthoclaseの初期反応過程

  門原博幸, 村上隆, 馬場恒孝, 佐藤努, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1994-  113  1994/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• ウランの移行に及ぼす鉱物の風化の影響 (4) ウラン鉱物の変質

  磯部博志, 村上隆, 大貫敏彦, 佐藤努  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1993-  155  1993/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• ウランの移行に及ぼす鉱物の風化の影響 (2) 緑泥石の風化過程と速度

  佐藤努, 村上隆, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1993-  153  1993/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• ウランの移行に及ぼす鉱物の風化の影響 (3) 風化生成物へのウランの分配

  村上隆, 大貫敏彦, 磯部博志, 佐藤努, 中嶋悟, 永野哲志  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1993-  154  1993/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• ウランの移行に及ぼす鉱物の風化の影響 (5) モデル検討

  大貫敏彦, 村上隆, 磯部博志, 佐藤努  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1993-  156  1993/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• ウランの移行に及ぼす鉱物の風化の影響 (1) 研究目的と対象サイト

  村上隆, 大貫敏彦, 磯部博志, 佐藤努  日本鉱物学会年会講演要旨集  1993-  152  1993/06  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Relationship between degeneration of clay minerals and redistribution of uranium.

  佐藤努, 村上隆, 磯部博志, 大貫敏彦, 柳瀬信之  粘土科学討論会講演要旨集  36th-  26  -27  1992/08  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 4.粘土鉱物の変質とウランの再分配の関係(第36回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 村上 隆, 磯部 博志, 大貫 敏彦, 柳瀬 信之  粘土科学  32-  (4)  281  -281  1992/03/25
• 8.熱水合成条件下でのスメクタイトのイライト化にともなうAl濃度とpHの影響(第35回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  大場 孝信, 渡邊 隆, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  31-  (4)  247  -248  1991/02/25
• P10.スメクタイト-イライト反応への出発物質の影響(第35回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  村上 隆, 佐藤 努, 磯部 博志  粘土科学  31-  (4)  252  -252  1991/02/25
• P12.スメクタイト-イライトの反応の初期過程(第35回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 村上 隆, 磯部 博志, 渡辺 隆  粘土科学  31-  (4)  252  -252  1991/02/25
• P11.2八面体型, 3八面体型スメクタイトの膨張性(第35回粘土科学討論会発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 大塚 良平, 渡辺 隆  粘土科学  31-  (4)  252  -252  1991/02/25
• 膨張性粘土鉱物の脱水 : 復水反応(第34回粘土科学討論会講演発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 山崎 淳司, 大塚 良平, 渡辺 隆  粘土科学  30-  (4)  259  -259  1990/02/27
• Laumontite-leonhardite相変化について(第33回粘土科学討論会講演発表論文抄録)

  山崎 淳司, 白木 崇裕, 佐藤 努, 大塚 良平, 渡辺 隆  粘土科学  29-  (3)  136  -136  1989/11/25
• 膨張性粘土鉱物の結晶化学的性質と膨張性の関係(第33回粘土科学討論会講演発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 渡辺 隆, 大塚 良平  粘土科学  29-  (3)  138  -138  1989/11/25
• Weathering Process of Montmorillonite in the Acid Clay Ore Deposit at Itoigawa District, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

  Watanabe Takashi, Sawada Yoriko, Sato Tsutomu, Oba Takanobu  Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education. Sect. 3, Science, physical education, home economics, and industrial arts  8-  (0)  27  -38  1989/03/15  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• 混合層鉱物のexpandable layer 層電荷(第32回粘土科学討論会講演発表論文抄録)

  渡辺 隆, 佐藤 努  粘土科学  28-  (4)  218  -218  1988/12/01
• スメクタイトの層間水分子層の形成に対する置換位置の影響(第32回粘土科学討論会講演発表論文抄録)

  佐藤 努, 渡辺 隆  粘土科学  28-  (4)  218  -218  1988/12/01
• The development of relative humidity control system for x-ray diffractometer and its applications

  Watanabe Takashi, Sato Tsutomu  Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education. Sect. 3, Science, physical education, home economics, and industrial arts  7-  (0)  37  -47  1988/03/15  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  
• Interstratified illite/montmorillonite showing the diagenetic process directly : Example of the Tertiary sediments of No district, Niigata prefecture, Japan

  Watanabe Takashi, Sato Tutomu  Bulletin of Joetsu University of Education. Sect. 3, Science, physical education, home economics, and industrial arts  5-  (0)  101  -111  1986/03  [Not refereed][Not invited]
  

Association Memberships

• 国際鉱物学連合   資源・素材学会   日本原子力学会   地球化学学会（Geochemical Society）   粘土鉱物学会（Clay Minerals Society）   日本鉱物科学学会   日本粘土学会   Atomic Energy Society Japan   Geochemical Society   Clay Minerals Society   MIneralogical Society of Japan   Japan (1992-)Member of Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan (2005-)   Japan (1989-)Geochemical Society (1992-)Atomic Energy Society   Japan (1989-)Clay Minerals Society (1989-)Mineralogical Society   Clay Mineralogical Society   

Research Projects

• Full understanding on formation and characteristics of magnesium silicate hydrate

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2019/04 -2022/03 

  Author : Tsutomu SATO

   

  In this study, the true character (composition, structure, etc.) of magnesium silicate hydrate (M-S-H) was revealed through synthesis experiments and precise characterization of the products, thermodynamic investigations, exploration and production confirmation in various natural environments, and observation of alteration to more stable phase over time on a geological time scale. We were also able to construct and validate a geochemical reaction model and database that can predict the formation of M-S-H. Therefore, it is now possible to use the validated models and databases to predict whether or not M-S-H is produced and the amount of M-S-H produced in various engineering scenarios where M-S-H is expected to be produced.
• 英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業 汚染水処理で発生する合成ゼオライトと チタン酸塩のセメント固化体の核種封じ込め性能の理解とモデル化 およびその処分システムの提案

  文部科学省：国家課題対応型研究開発推進事業 英知を結集した原子力科学技術・人材育成推進事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2016/11 -2019/03 

  Author : 佐藤 努
• Understanding of host minerals for radioactive cesium fixation and proposal for reasonable volume reduction of the contaminated soils

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2015/04 -2018/03 

  Author : Sato Tsutomu

   

  Detail observations for the contaminated soils particles collected from different areas in Fukushima prefecture,percentage of the contaminated particles was limited to be only 0.3%.The contaminated particles were categorized to agglomerated weathered biotite, complex of organic matter and weathered biotite and weathered biotite.From the observation,the weathered biotite would be dominant host of radioactive cesium in Fukushima prefecture and supported by adsorption experiments.From our observation,spherical glass particles (so called "Cs ball") were not detected. Therefore, we can conclude that the host of radioactive cesium is the weathered biotite in Fukushima prefecture.Our laboratory experiments showed that the weathered biotite can be collected by magnet.After ball milling crushing and ultra sonic dispersion for agglomerated weathered biotite and complex of organic matter and weathered biotite, the contaminated particles would be efficiently collected by magnetic cobbing machine.
• Study of soil interfacial electric phenomena for the preservation of soil-water-air environment

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2013/04 -2018/03 

  Author : Ishiguro Munehide

   

  In order to increase the nutrient efficiency and prevent the soil water air contamination, we conducted experiments of adsorption and dispersion-flocculation, and survey of paddy fields. We also did application of theoretical analysis to evaluate the phenomena. We elucidated phosphate adsorption in kaolinite and its influence on Ferralsol dispersion-flocculation, Sr adsorption in clays and its restriction of transport in soils, and an anionic surfactant adsorption in highly humic soil. Fundamental method for desalination of Tsunami affected agricultural lands was proposed. Stock efficiency of carbon dioxide in paddy fields was evaluated.
• Basic Studies for Developing Rational Treatment and Disposal System of Radioactive Wastes Generated by Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Reactor Accident

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2012/05 -2016/03 

  Author : Ikeda Yasuhisa, MIMURA Hitoshi, SATOH Nobuaki, NIIBORI Yuichi, KOZAKI Tamotsu, SATOH Tsutomu, SASAKI Takayuki, KIRISHIMA Akira, IDEMITSU Kazuya, INAGAKI Yaohiro, SUZUKI Tatsuya, TAKESHITA Kenji

   

  Basic research for constructing rational treatment and disposal system of radioactive wastes generated by Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident have been performed in three research fields of characteristic of solid and liquid contaminants, treatments of solid and liquid contaminants, and radioactive waste disposal. As a result, we have obtained many useful data on properties of fuel debris, leaching behavior of nuclides from debris, treatment methods of contaminated water, solidification method of wastes, novel decontamination methods, migration behavior of nuclides in the fields containing salts of high concentrations, and so on. These results are expected to contribute to the management plan of radioactive wastes generated under abnormal conditions in contact with water containing seawater in the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident, and to the progress of radioactive waste managements.
• Present earth-surface processes and historical environmental changes in East Asia inferred from lake-catchment systems

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2011/04 -2015/03 

  Author : KASHIWAYA Kenji, HASEBE Noriko, AOKI Tatsuto, FUKUSHI Keisuke, ENDO Noritaka, YAMAMOTO Masayoshi, NAGAO Seiya, SAITO Kyoji, GANZAWA Yoshihiro, SATO Tsutomu, IIDA Hajime, YANG Dong Yoon, NAN Ying, LI Chun-Jing, TANAKA Yukiya, DONDOV Tumurhoo, LIN Jiun Chuan

   

  Analytical results for lacustrine sediments and lake-catchment system survey in East Asia (Mongol, China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan) reveal that: 1) gradual aridification (cooling) began in late-mid Holocene and artificial influences began at about 1000 yrs ago in Northeast China, 2) comparatively rapid aridification (cooling) began in late-mid Holocene and clear artificial influences were detected at about 100 yrs ago in central Taiwan, and 3) clear volcanic activity and post-environmental changes were detected since 1640 in the little ice age period and clear artificial changes after the world war 2nd were detected in lacustrine sediments of North Japan. Observation results in a small lake-catchment system in central Japan reveal that a combination of physical parameters may be available for identifying natural erosion-sedimentation processes from artificial ones.
• Inteligent treatment and disposal of soils contaminated cesium from accident of nuclear power plant at Fukushima

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2012 -2012 

  Author : SATO Tsutomu, KOGURE Toshihiro, NAWA Toyoharu

   

  In this study, we conducted extraction and identification of particles fixed radioactive cesium from the soils at Fukushima to make proposal of applicable separation method for reduction in volume, and leaching experiments to make proposal safety solidification of cesium adsorbed zeolites. As the results of this study, the particles are categorized in the following three types, 1) coagulation of several mineral particles, 2) mineral-organic matter complex, and 3) weathered mica, and separated from non-contaminated particles by wet screening and using diatomite. These particles will be directly disposed after volume reduction of the contaminated soils because cesium already fixed into structure of the minerals in the particles. However, cesium released from the particles must be collected by adsorbents such as zeolite. We confirmed that the zeolite bearing cesium can be safely disposed after encapsulation by slag cement.
• 放射性廃棄物処分におけるセメント―ペントナイト界面の物質移動

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2009 -2011 

  Author : 佐藤 努, YOGARAJHA Elakneswaran

   

  本研究により、主に以下の3つについて大きな成果が得られた。 セメントとベントナイトを構成する鉱物表面の性能の決定 ベントナイトの表面性能については数多くの研究報告があるが、セメントの主たる水和鉱物であるカルシウムケイ酸水和物(CSH)の表面特性に関してはあまり詳しく理解されていなかった。本研究では、実験とモデルによる計算結果の照合プロセスにより、CSHの表面特性を明らがにした。CSHの表面特性を明らかにできたことにより、放射性廃棄物処分場における長期性能評価に資する輸送・反応モデルを提示することが可能となった。 セメント鉱物表面と核種の相互作用 セメント鉱物による核種の移行遅延は表面吸着や表面沈殿によるが、それらをモデル計算に組み込むためのパラメータ取得は十分ではなかった。そこで、安全評価上重要な核種と考えられている^<129>I^-を対象として、コールドの拡散実験とモデル計算の結果の比較を行った。その結果、ヨウ素については静電的な吸着は期待できず、比較的容易に移行することが明らかとなった。 様々な反応を統合した熱力学的モデルの開発 上述のように、本研究では地球化学モデリングソフトのPHREEQCを使用して、表面錯体モデル、相平衡モデル、多種イオン拡散モデルを組み合わせ、硬化体中を浸透する塩化物イオンの挙動を評価した。その結果、ここで開発したモデルは、本実験結果や既報の実験結果における塩化物イオンの移動プロファイルおよび様々なセメントにおけるプロファイルの相違を説明できるものであることが明らかとなった。
• Geo-and bio-resource science and technology learnt from the processes in hyperalkaline springs at Oman

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2009 -2011 

  Author : SATO Tsutomu, MICHIBAYASHI Katsuyoshi, NAGANUMA Takeshi, SUZUKI Masakazu, UEDA Akira, SUGIYAMA Takafumi, MIYASHITA Sumio, SUNAMURA Michinari, FUKUSHI Keisuke, TANAKA Shigeyasu

   

  Study on geo-and bio-resource science and technology learnt from the processes in hyperalkaline springs at Oman was conducted by geologists, geochemists, biologists, engineers to understand geological condition and geo-scientific impact of hyperalkaline springs, adaptation mechanism of microorganisms and fish for hypealkaline condition, long-term stability of natural concrete and effective storage of CO_2 in geological strata. From the results of this study, the following points were cleared ; 1) petrology and structure of geology for production of hyperalkaline springs, 2) kinetics of carbonate formation at the hyperalkaline springs, 3) role of the aragonite and monohydro-calcite on anion migration in groundwater, 4) the highest δD value of hyperalkaline water, 5) existence of new micooganisms and their genes, 6) existence and adaptation to hyperalkaline water of freshwater fishes and frog, 7) strength and long term stability of natural concrete at Oman.
• 鉱物の共生効果によるアミノ酸重合触媒作用-新しい分子進化工学の創生を目指して-

  文部科学省：科学研究費補助金(萌芽研究, 挑戦的萌芽研究)

  Date (from‐to) : 2007 -2009 

  Author : 佐藤 努, 福嶋 正巳, 米田 哲朗

   

  21年度は、昨年度より行ってきた構造や組成の異なる単一鉱物のペプチド生成反応に対する触媒作用の比較・検討を継続するとともに、それらの共生効果についての検討を行った。今回検討した鉱物は、Ca-、Na-、H型モンモリロナイト、γ-アルミナ、ヘクトライト、バイデライト、石英、ペリクレイス、カルサイト、ドロマイト、カオリナイト、クリソタイル、ハイドロタルサイトである。今回の実験で生成されたペプチドは、2量体の環状無水物(DKP)と2～6量体の直鎖状ペプチドであった。鉱物を付加しないコントロールと比べると、鉱物を用いた全ての実験で鉱物によるアミノ酸重合触媒作用が認められた。ただし、ペプチドの生成量は使用した鉱物によって顕著な違いが認められ、高い触媒能を示したのはカルサイトやドロマイト等の炭酸塩鉱物であった。また、ほとんどの鉱物は相対湿度50%にて最も高い触媒効果を示し、相対湿度を制御して鉱物表面でのDKP生成を抑制し、より長い直鎖のポリペプチドの生成を可能にしているものと推定する。また、2つの鉱物を混合した系でのペプチド生成反応に対する触媒作用を比較検討したところ、モンモリロナイトとカルサイト、ハイドロタルサイトとカルサイトを混合した系で、単一鉱物を用いた系より顕著に高い触媒作用を示すことが明らかとなった。これはカルサイト表面が負に帯電しているため、アミノ基がカルサイト表面において脱プ...
• Study on Micro-Restructuring of Rocklike Materials

  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(A))

  Date (from‐to) : 2007 -2009 

  Author : Katsuhiko KANEKO, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Toshifumi IGARASHI, Tsutomu SATO, Sumihiko MURATA, Satoru KAWASAKI, Mayumi ITO

   

  A series of experimental studies for the micro-restructuring of rocklike materials has been carried out. Various techniques to improve the physical properties of rocklike materials by reconstructing their microstructures have been developed, i.e., a method to change the rock strength by controlling of micro-cracking, a grout technique using microorganisms, a sealing technique using mineral separation from the ground water and so on.
• Developing reliable methods for the design of the immobilization of heavy metals in soil : for the application to heterogeneous systems.

  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(B))

  Date (from‐to) : 2007 -2009 

  Author : Takuya KAWANISHI, 佐藤 努, 齋藤 雅彦, 福士 圭介, Tsutomu SATO, Masahiko SAITO, Keisuke FUKUSHI

   

  We summarized the effects of pH, coexisting substances, etc. on the adsorption of arsenic on the adsorbent, schwertmannite, with surface complex model. We found that in the heterogeneous water distribution, diffusive efflux of pollutants obeys power law with the exponent ranging from minus 1.0 to minus 0.5, whereas in regular systems the exponent is fixed to minus 0.5. In addition, we validated the effectiveness of barrier system for immobilization with laboratory experiments. We successfully constructed several sub-models for the design of immobilization in heterogeneous polluted sites.
• Long-term environmental changes inferred from lacustrine sediments in East Eurasia-glacial, interglacial and superinterglacial-

  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(A))

  Date (from‐to) : 2006 -2008 

  Author : Kenji KASHIWAYA, 長谷部 徳子, 佐藤 務, 青木 賢人, Masayoshi YAMAMOTO, Takayoshi KAWAI, Kouji MINOURA, Hideo SAKAI, Hikaru TAKAHARA, Noriko HASEBE, Keisuke FUKUSHI, Tsutomu SATO, Tatsuto AOKI

   

  フグスグル湖湖底堆積物の採取と分析、バイカル湖湖底堆積物の分析そしてその周辺の環境解析から、ユーラシア東部内陸部における環境変動については以下のことが示唆された。1)最終間氷期(MIS5e)から亜氷期(MIS5d)への移行は急激であり、MIS5dは氷期に相当するような寒冷期であった、2)MIS11は亜氷期を伴う超間氷期であった、3)最終氷期においては内陸部でも5千~1万年スケールのBond Cycleに対応する環境変動があった。
• Interaction between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and mineral grains with clarification of PAHs carrier in the atmosphere

  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(B))

  Date (from‐to) : 2005 -2007 

  Author : Tsutomu SATO, 早川 和一, 川西 琢也, 柏谷 健二

   

  Long range transport of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with Asian dust was investigated by collecting Aerosol particles through a year from April 2003 at Kanazawa, Japan. PAHs content in Asian dust particles were highly variable in different Asian dust events. Developed kinetic model showed that sorption rate of less volatile PAHs than BaP on Asian dust particles are too low to be accumulated. The origin of those PAHs in Asian dust particles would be originally PAH-polluted soil particles around industrialized area (e.g. loess regions around industrialized area). Back trajectory an...
• SOLIDIFICATION AND NATURAL TREATMENT OF ARSENIC SLUDGE PRODUCED FROM

  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(A))

  Date (from‐to) : 2004 -2006 

  Author : Hiroshi YOKOTA, 馬場 由成, 田辺 公子, 土手 裕, 大榮 薫, 宮武 宗利, 佐藤 努, 瀬崎 満弘

   

  We have established the design chart of the arsenic removal unit, Gravel Sand Filter (GSF), by examining the arsenic removal performance of 4 GSFs installed in Bangladesh these 4 years. These GSFs are community-based units and have supplied arsenic-safe water to villagers in these years. GSF is composed of gravel tanks and sand tank. The arsenic in groundwater is to be settled in the gravel voids of gravel tanks by co-precipitation with iron, which exits naturally in groundwater with higher concentration.The iron and arsenic in groundwater are first to be oxidized at the inlet tank of GSF. ...
• Analysis and prediction of the dynamics of Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the coastal environment polluted by heavy oil.

  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(基盤研究(B))

  Date (from‐to) : 2004 -2006 

  Author : Takuya KAWANISHI, 林 良茂, 佐藤 努, 鎌田 直人, 田崎 和江, 早川 和一

   

  The concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the coastal sands and other media of a heavily polluted site of the Nakhodka oil spill were found to be as low as the background after the 7 years of the accident. Oil residues were found only in the hollows and cavities of the rocks, and PAH contents in those residues decreased to one thirds of the original value in two years, but after that, PAHs contents remained at the same level, suggesting that PAHs will remain long as oil residues.Two years of monitoring of PAHs in the river water, SS and sediments revealed that the main...
• ベントナイト劣化の機構論的・速度論的研究

  受託研究

  Date (from‐to) : 2002
• Mechanism and kinetics of bentonite degradation

  Funded Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2002
• イオン交換反応により炭酸イオンを固定する鉱物の生成機構

  日本学術振興会：科学研究費助成事業

  Date (from‐to) : 2000 -2001 

  Author : 佐藤 努

   

  本研究では、海洋地殻の3割を越えるとされる超塩基性岩の変質により生成するマグネシウム炭酸塩、特に炭酸イオンをイオン交換反応により結晶構造内に取り込むことのできるハイドロタルサイト族鉱物の生成機構を明らかにし、地球表層部における炭酸イオン固定や二酸化炭素の循環に及ぼす影響を評価することを目的とした。そのため、昨年度の千葉県、徳島県、愛媛県、オマーンに引き続き、北海道幌満かんらん岩を調査し、地質調査および試料、(水、岩石、土壌)採取を行うとともに、雰囲気制御(二酸化他酸素分圧)鉱物変質実験装置による反応実験を継続した。その結果、超塩基性岩の風化や蛇紋岩化に伴う間隙水の高アルカリ化により、ハイドロタルサィト族鉱物は容易に生成し、溶存炭酸イオンはその生成によって固定化されることが判明した。また、生成時に他の陰イオンを取り込んだハイドロタルサイト族鉱物が形成しても、炭酸イオンに対する高い選択性から、生成後もイオン交換反応によって溶存炭酸イオンを固定可能であることが、雰囲気制御鉱物変質実験装置による実験から明らかとなった。間隙水の高アルカリ化は、亀裂に産するブルース石の風化溶解、または透輝石等の含Ca塩基性鉱物の蛇紋岩化によるCaの溶脱によるもので、Mg・Feかんらん岩の風化、溶脱のみでは高アルカリ化せず、単にMgの溶出と鉄酸化・水酸化物の生成にとどまることも判明した。以上のことから、今後、グローバルな炭素循環を考える場合、海洋底に露出して海洋風化に曝される超塩基性岩の分布やその蛇紋岩化の程度、海洋底下における極低温蛇紋岩化作用の有無、間隙に産するブルース石の含有量などの評価が重要であることが明らかとなった。
• 有害陰イオンを含む廃水や汚染土壌の浄化法とその評価

  共同研究

  Date (from‐to) : 2000
• 有害陰イオンの自然浄化作用

  共同研究

  Date (from‐to) : 2000
• Remediation of soils and treatment of waste water with hazardous anions

  Cooperative Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2000
• Natural attenuation of hazardous anion species

  Cooperative Research

  Date (from‐to) : 2000
• 高アルカリ環境の地球化学

  共同研究

  Date (from‐to) : 1992
• Geochemistry of hyperalkaline

  Cooperative Research

  Date (from‐to) : 1992

Industrial Property Rights

• 特開2009-137801:新規材料、浄化方法、層状複水酸化物の生成方法、複合材及びその製造方法、吸着材、浄化設備並びに汚染水の浄化方法  2009/06/25

  池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一, 佐藤 努  株式会社ソフィア  200903079998485690
• 特開2009-136795:複合材及びその製造方法、吸着材、浄化設備及び汚染水の浄化方法  2009/06/25

  池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一, 佐藤 努  株式会社ソフィア  200903030403610870
• 特許第3859001号:安定性に優れたヒ素収着物質及びそれを用いた汚染水等の浄化方法  2006/09/29

  佐藤 努, 福士 圭介, 池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一  有限会社金沢大学ティ・エル・オー  200903014834855590
• 特許第3828887号:新規化合物、シュベルトマナイトの安定化方法、汚染水若しくは汚染土の浄化方法、リン酸の吸着方法  2006/07/14

  池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一, 秋田 奈生子, 佐藤 努, 福士 圭介  株式会社ソフィア  200903021580971264
• WO2006-022431:有機−無機複合体および高分子複合材料ならびにその製造方法  2006/03/02

  田村 堅志, 山田 裕久, 横山 信吾, 佐藤 努  独立行政法人物質・材料研究機構  200903011746139737
• 特開2005-193167:排水浄化方法及び浄化方法  2005/07/21

  池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一, 秋田 奈生子, 金川 浩司, 佐藤 努  株式会社ソフィア  200903067830675186
• 特開2005-161231:浄化システム  2005/06/23

  池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一, 福士 圭介, 佐藤 努, 金森 進, 倉本 富男, 成田 和仁  株式会社ソフィア, 守谷鋼機株式会社  200903072617524488
• 特開2005-095732:セレン及びクロムの吸着方法  2005/04/14

  池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一, 秋田 奈生子, 金川 浩司, 佐藤 努, 福士 圭介  株式会社ソフィア  200903057165782388
• 特開2005-000875:酸性廃水成分の再資源化方法及び酸性廃水処理システム  2005/01/06

  佐藤 努, 橋本 晃一, 福士 圭介, 池田 穂高, 伊藤 健一  有限会社金沢大学ティ・エル・オー  200903012362173853
• 特開2003-112163:汚染土壌の浄化方法  2003/04/15

  佐藤 努, 福士 圭介, 木田 幸男, 池田 穂高, 萩原 正人, 荒 美紀子  東邦レオ株式会社  200903053375682003
• 特開2003-112162:汚染土壌の浄化方法  2003/04/15

  佐藤 努, 福士 圭介, 木田 幸男, 池田 穂高, 萩原 正人, 荒 美紀子  東邦レオ株式会社  200903053502053762