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Selective adsorption of molybdenum ions on ionic liquid-loaded resin containing 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium(2,4,6-trimethyl)benzodithioate

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The adsorption of molybdenum (Mo) ions on ionic liquid-loaded XAD-7 resin containing 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium(2,4,6-trimethyl)benzodithioate from acidic feed solutions was investigated. The novel loaded resin could adsorb more than 99.0% Mo ions from nitric acid solutions at a concentration between 0.050 and 0.50 M; however, the adsorption percentage of U(VI), Cs(I), Ce(III), Zr(IV) and Ru(III) ions was very low. With the further increase in the concentration of nitric acid, the distribution coefficient (Kd) of Mo ions by the loaded resin decreased. The separation factor (SFMo/U) was about 5000 at 0.50 M nitric acid. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy results showed that Mo coordinated with sulfur, and part of Mo(VI) was reduced to Mo(IV). The results of column experiment indicated that about 94.7% Mo ions with a purity of over 99.0% was obtained by eluting with different concentrations of nitric acid.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U1967216, 21976008, and 11575010).

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Guo, Z., Chu, T. Selective adsorption of molybdenum ions on ionic liquid-loaded resin containing 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium(2,4,6-trimethyl)benzodithioate. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 330, 775–784 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07970-y

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