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Sorption of Some Rare Earth Elements from Acidic Solution onto Poly(acrylic acid–co-acrylamide/16, 16-dimethylheptadecan-1-amine) Composite

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In this study, Acrylic acid (AA), acrylamide (AM), and 16,16-dimethylheptadecan-1-amine (PJM-T) were copolymerized using gamma irradiation with 60Co γ-rays at a dose of 25 KGy to form a novel composite; Poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide/16,16-dimethylheptadecan-1-amine P(AA-co-AM/PJM-T). P(AA-co-AM/PJM-T) is characterized by different physicochemical techniques and used as a sorbent for rare earth elements from monazite. The optimum pH for the sorption process at 25 ℃ is 4.5 and the equilibrium attained at 60 min. Different kinetics and isothermal models is applied. The maximum adsorption capacity is 182.15 ± 3.73 mg g−1 at 25 ℃. The sorption reaction regulates a pseudo 2nd order mechanism and the process is spontaneous.

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Ali, A.H., Dakroury, G.A., Hagag, M.S. et al. Sorption of Some Rare Earth Elements from Acidic Solution onto Poly(acrylic acid–co-acrylamide/16, 16-dimethylheptadecan-1-amine) Composite. J Polym Environ 30, 1170–1188 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-021-02271-7

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