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Radiation grafting of 1-vinyl-3-benzylimidazolium chloride onto silanized silica with different pore structures for the removal of ReO4− as an analogue for TcO4−

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Selective adsorption of TcO4− from radioactive waste is important for the nuclear industry. In this work, three 1-vinyl-3 benzylimidazole chloride modified mesoporous silica bearing different pore volumes and specific surface areas were synthesized using radiation grafting. The effect of pore structure on the adsorption properties of the three adsorbents were studied. The adsorbents with bigger specific surface area and pore volume were conducive to ReO4− adsorption in terms of both adsorption rate and capacity. The prepared adsorbents displayed good radiation resistance under gamma rays in dry or wet conditions, and they could selectively remove ReO4− from simulated Hanford wastewater in column experiments.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (11875138, 11905070) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M650180, 2020T130222). This work was also supported by a grant from the nuclear energy development project titled as technology for the mining and metallurgy of associated uranium resources-on the demonstration of uranium co-mining in Bayan Ura (Inner Mongolia) of state administration of science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, PRC.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Electromagnetic Engineering and Technology, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Kangjun Xie, Zhen Dong, Nan Wang, Manman Zhang, Wei Qi, Jun Yang & Long Zhao

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Kangjun Xie, Nan Wang, Manman Zhang & Wei Qi

  3. State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China

    Rong Hua

  4. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Key Laboratory of Fundamental Science, the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Maolin Zhai

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Xie, K., Hua, R., Dong, Z. et al. Radiation grafting of 1-vinyl-3-benzylimidazolium chloride onto silanized silica with different pore structures for the removal of ReO4− as an analogue for TcO4−. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 673–681 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08135-7

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