Microstructure of gamma-ray developed polymeric nanocomposite respecting cesium and cobalt removal from aqueous solutions

The nanoparticles of fly ash (FA) were obtained by high energy ball milling of their parent Class C kind for subsequent synthesis of poly(acrylamide-acrylic acid)/fly ash (poly(AM-AA)/FA) nanocomposite. The gamma-radiation induced polymerization was applied to achieve this concern. Different techniques were utilized to characterize such nanocomposite. The sorption abilities of the synthesized nanocomposite toward 60Co2+ and 134Cs + radionuclides were evaluated using batch and fixed-bed column approaches. Batches were designed at constants of solution pH (6.5–7.0 ± 0.02), nanocomposite particle size and dosage (106–250 μm and 0.1 L/g, respectively). The microstructure of such nanocomposite (