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Impact of environmental conditions on the sorption behavior of radionuclide 63Ni(II) onto hierarchically structured γ-MnO2

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A novel hierarchically structured γ-MnO2 has been synthesized using a simple chemical reaction between MnSO4 and KMnO4 in aqueous solution without using any templates, surfactants, catalysts, calcination and hydrothermal processes. As an example of potential applications, hierarchically structured γ-MnO2 was used as adsorbent in radionuclide 63Ni(II) treatment, and showed an excellent ability. The effects of pH, ionic strength, temperature, humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA) on the sorption of radionuclide 63Ni(II) to hierarchically structured γ-MnO2 have been investigated by using batch techniques. The results indicated that the sorption of 63Ni(II) on γ-MnO2 is obviously dependent on pH values but independent of ionic strength. The presence of HA/FA strongly enhances the sorption of 63Ni(II) on γ-MnO2 at low pH values, whereas reduces 63Ni(II) sorption at high pH values. The sorption of 63Ni(II) on γ-MnO2 is attributed to inner-sphere surface complexation rather than outer-sphere surface complexation or ion exchange. The thermodynamic parameters (ΔH 0, ΔS 0, ΔG 0) are also calculated from the temperature dependent sorption isotherms, and the results suggest that the sorption of 63Ni(II) on γ-MnO2 is a spontaneous and endothermic process.

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This work was financially supported by the Award Fund for Prominent Youth Scientists of Shandong Province of China (Project No. BS 2009DX014).

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    Juan Mou, Guoju Wang & Wenxian Shi

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Mou, J., Wang, G., Shi, W. et al. Impact of environmental conditions on the sorption behavior of radionuclide 63Ni(II) onto hierarchically structured γ-MnO2 . J Radioanal Nucl Chem 292, 161–170 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1391-5

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