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Schiff base-functionalized mesoporous titania: an efficient sorbent for the removal of radioactive thorium ions from aqueous solution

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A Schiff base modified titania (Sal-TiO2) was synthesized and evaluated for eliminating of radioactive Th (IV) ions in comparison with plain TiO2. Thermodynamic studies exhibited that sorption process is entropy-driven onto studied sorbents. Sal-TiO2 exhibited enhanced adsorption properties, and ΔG° of the Sal-TiO2 was around 36% lower. Investigation of linear forms of Langmuir, Freundlich, and Redlich–Peterson adsorption isotherms demonstrated that the adsorption mechanism was in accordance with the Freundlich model. The kinetics of the adsorption onto adsorbents could be well interpreted by pseudo-second-order model. Kinetic and thermodynamic data have been predicted that physisorption is the most possible mechanism for adsorption.

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Yousefipour, K., Janitabar Darzi, S. & Iravani, E. Schiff base-functionalized mesoporous titania: an efficient sorbent for the removal of radioactive thorium ions from aqueous solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 2447–2458 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08131-x

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