Influence of Irradiation With Gamma - Quanta and Beam of Accelerated Electrons on the Sorption Parameters of Clay Minerals of the Montmorillonite Group

The minerals belonging to the montmorillonite group were studied. Under irradiation werp air-dry minerals as well as those in solutions containing 90Sr, which gave us an opportunity to study the irradiation influence on the soprtion accumulation of radionuclides. The analysis of the diffractograms of irradiated and nonirradiated minerals shows that the structure of the minerals belonging to the montmorillonite group remains unchanged, while alumosilicate layers converge which results in a decrease in interplane distance.