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In this study, a novel type of composite hydrogel bead (PSH) was prepared by mixing of amidoximated polyacrylonitrile (PAO) and sodium alginate (SA). The structure of PSH was characterized with FT-IR, SEM and XPS. The influences of adsorption conditions on uranium(VI) adsorption by PSH were investigated by batch experiments. The kinetic and isotherm data were consistent with pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models, respectively. PSH displayed high selective adsorption capacity for uranium(VI). The maximum adsorption amount can reach 133.33 mg g−1. PSH was separated from aqueous solution easy and showed an excellent regeneration capacity. This research demonstrated that PSH had a broad prospect of application in the field of repairing uranium-containing wastewater.
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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (12175103), the Key R&D Program of Hunan Province (2018SK2029), the Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars (2020JJ3028), and the Scientific Research Innovation Project for Graduate of Hunan Province (CX20200913), Scientific Research Fund of Hunan Provincial Education Department (21A0259).
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Zhu, B., Li, L., Dai, Z. et al. Synthesis of amidoximated polyacrylonitrile/sodium alginate composite hydrogel beed and its use in selective and recyclable removal of U(VI). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 1669–1682 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08233-0
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