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Synthesis of TOPO/XAD-16 impregnated resins and effective adsorption of uranium (VI) in acidic solution

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In this study, TOPO/XAD-16 solvent impregnated resins (TOPO/XAD-16) were prepared by wet impregnation and the best impregnation conditions were determined by orthogonal experiment. SIRs were characterized by SEM, FTIR and BET, and the influencing factors were also investigated about U(VI) adsorption on SIRs, such as contact time, solid–liquid ratio, pH and ionic strength. The results showed that adsorption data can be well fitted by pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir model. Meanwhile, the adsorption process was multistep kinetics controlled by chemisorption and intraparticle diffusion model. Adsorbed U(VI) ions on SIRs and CSIRs (coated solvent impregnated resins) were desorbed effectively using 1.0 mol/L NH4HCO3. After 6 cycles, the adsorption rate of CSIRs is still more than 90%, which manifested CSIRs prepared can really improve the stability of SIRs. Therefore, CSIRs has good reusability, and has great potential to extract uranium from acidic uranium wastewater.

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The authors thank to the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21641003 and 21976074).

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    Zhen Zhang, Yuedi Zhou, Jingbo Zhou, Zhichen Qiao & Hongxia Zhang

  2. Key Laboratory of Special Function Materials and Structure Design, Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

    Hongxia Zhang

  3. Frontier Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

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Zhang, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhou, J. et al. Synthesis of TOPO/XAD-16 impregnated resins and effective adsorption of uranium (VI) in acidic solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1149–1162 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08767-x

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