Studi es on the crys tallographic changes in an analogue of aluminosilica te mineral Muscovite on sorpti on of UO}+, Th 4 + & Ru 3 +

+. Th ~ + an d Ru ~ + at room tempe rature in aci di c mcd iu m (0.1 M). The X-ray diffractograms and scanni ng elcctron micrograp hs Iwve becn us.:d to verify cha nge s in crysta llinity and crys ta l morph ology on sorpti on. The sy nthesized ge l has been characterized by X-ray po wdn diITr;Jcti on. energy di spe rsi ve spectrometry. th erm og ravimetric analysis. Fr- JR spectroscopy and sca nning electron micro scopy. The chem ical compositi on of th e ge l i s round to be K \~AL\ 2 (S i(,A I20 l u) ( OH )~ 2H 2 0 . Energy dispersive spect rometry (EDS) map ping indicates th ~ 1t metal ions