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Magnetite based green bio composite for uranium exclusion from aqueous solution

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The work demonstrates a new greener approach in developing bio-composite magnetic nanoparticles (Fe3O4@PBP) containing a sorbent extracted from papaya (Carica papaya) bark for efficient uranium (VI) sorption from aqueous media. The findings showed that Fe3O4@PBP nano composites exhibited a characteristic average size of around 26.4 nm, as inferred from the XRD data. Further, these nano composite performed well in the uptake of uranium (VI), revealing the removal efficiency and the maximum adsorption capacity to be 88.8% and 120.48 mg/g, respectively. The thermodynamic investigation indicated that the endothermic uranium(VI) uptake sorption process by expeditious Fe3O4@PBP nano composite is naturally impulsive.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the Principal of BIT Durg (C.G.) for providing lab facilities. The authors are grateful to the NCNR, Pt.R.S.U. Raipur for offering FTIR facilities, as well as IIT Bhilai and the UGC-DAE consortium for scientific research Indore for providing SEM, EDS, and XRD facilities.

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    Poonam Deshmukh, Santosh Kumar Sar & Manoj Kumar Jindal

  2. Aida Lab, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Tonmoy Ray

  3. Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    Manoj Kumar Jindal

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Deshmukh, P., Sar, S.K., Jindal, M.K. et al. Magnetite based green bio composite for uranium exclusion from aqueous solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 297–310 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08723-1

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