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Biosorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution using phosphate-modified pine wood sawdust

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The phosphate-modified pine wood sawdust (PA-PWS) was used as a biosorbent for U(VI) adsorption from aqueous solution. FTIR analysis indicated that the carboxyl groups and the phosphate groups might be responsible for the adsorption of U(VI) onto PA-PWS. The equilibrium data were correlated with Langmuir and Freundlich models, and the maximum monolayer adsorption capacity obtained from the Langmuir model was 74.1 mg/g at 293 K. The influence of particle size, sorbent dosage, and U(VI) concentration on the adsorption kinetics was evaluated. In most cases, both the sorbent dosage and the metal concentration had great impact on the kinetic parameters (adsorption capacity and rate constant), while the particle size only had limited effect on these parameters.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Fund Program (21366001), the National Natural Science Fund Program (21166001), the National Natural Science Fund Program (11375043), and the Scientific Research Fund from Education Bureau of Jiangxi (GJJ14473).

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    Limin Zhou, Zhiwei Huang, Taian Luo, Yuyan Jia & Zhirong Liu

  2. School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2035, Australia

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Zhou, L., Huang, Z., Luo, T. et al. Biosorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution using phosphate-modified pine wood sawdust. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 1917–1925 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3725-6

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