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Removal of Th4+ ions from aqueous solutions by graphene oxide

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Abstract

The removal of Th4+ ions from aqueous solutions was investigated using single-layer graphene oxide (GO) as a sorbent which was prepared by the modified Hummers’ method through batch adsorption experiments at room temperature. Structural characterizations of the sorbent were also investigated. The influences of the pH value of solution, contact time, sorbent dose, ionic strength, the initial metal ion concentration and temperature on the adsorption of Th4+ were also investigated. These results indicated that the adsorption of Th4+ was dependent on the pH and independent on the ionic strength. The sorbent provided significant Th4+ removal (>98.7 %) at pH 3.0 and the adsorption equilibrium was achieved after only 10 min. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm fit the absorption profile very closely, and indicated that a maximum adsorption capacity of 1.77 mmol g−1 of GO (411 mg g−1) after 2 h. The thermodynamic parameters showed that this adsorption process was endothermic and spontaneous. Moreover, the desorption level of Th4+ from GO, by using 0.1 mol L−1 H2SO4 as a stripping agent, was 84.2 ± 1.2 %, and that of 0.5 mol L−1 HNO3 as a stripping agent, was 79.8 ± 3.0 %.

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Acknowledgments

This research was financially supported by the International Collaboration Project of Science and Technology Program of Sichuan Province, China (Project no. 2010HH0008), the National Fund for Fostering Talents of Basic Science (J1210004), the Science and Technology Fund of CAEP (2011B0302052) and the National Natural Science Foundations of China (91023037).

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  1. College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, People’s Republic of China

    Ning Pan, Yongdong Jin & Chuanqin Xia

  2. New Materials R&D Center, Institute of Chemical Materials, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, 621900, People’s Republic of China

    Ning Pan, Debin Guan & Ting He

  3. Nordion Inc., 447 March Road, Ottawa, ON, K2K 1X8, Canada

    Ruibing Wang

  4. Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada

    Ian Wyman

  5. Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, People’s Republic of China

    Chuanqin Xia

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Pan, N., Guan, D., He, T. et al. Removal of Th4+ ions from aqueous solutions by graphene oxide. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 298, 1999–2008 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2660-2

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