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Extraction behaviors of uranyl peroxo cage clusters by mesoporous silica SBA-15

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Sorption of soluble uranyl peroxo cage clusters (U60 [UO2(O2)(OH)] 60−60 and U24Pp [(UO2)24(O2)24(P2O7)12]48−) by mesoporous sorbent SBA-15 has been studied. Sorption kinetics of U60 and U24Pp are both best described by a pseudo-second-order model. However, only in the U60 sorption, intraparticle diffusion is the rate-determining step, and both pore size and pore volume of SBA-15 positively influence the U sorption capacity. Sorption isotherms of U60 and U24Pp are better fitted by the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models, respectively. The differences of sorption behaviors between two clusters by SBA-15 may result from differences of the sizes and terminal ligands of the clusters.

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This material is based on work supported as part of the Material Science of Actinides Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, and Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Award Number DE-SC0001089. We thank instrument support from Notre Dame Integrated Image Facility (NDIIF), Mass Spectrometry Facility, and Center for Environmental Science & Technology (CEST) at University of Notre Dame.

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    Alicia Czarnecki, Jennifer E. S. Szymanowski, Ginger E. Sigmon & Peter C. Burns

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Liu, Y., Czarnecki, A., Szymanowski, J.E.S. et al. Extraction behaviors of uranyl peroxo cage clusters by mesoporous silica SBA-15. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 310, 453–462 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4801-x

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