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A facile synthesis of polyacrylic acid–ammonium phosphomolybdate microspheres for the highly selective removal of cesium

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A novel polyacrylic acid–ammonium phosphomolybdate (PAA–AMP) adsorbent capable of highly selective adsorption of Cs+ in robust acid solutions was developed. The effects of adsorbent dosage, pH, contact time, temperature, and competing ions on the Cs+ removal performance were investigated. The adsorbent rapid (30 min) selective adsorption of Cs+ in a wide pH (pH = 1–12) range, with little effect of competing ions on the adsorption, and a maximum adsorption capacity of 66.71 mg g−1. The adsorption data fitted well with pseudo-second-order kinetics and the Langmuir isotherm model, and adsorption mechanism is ion exchange between NH4+ and Cs+.

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This research was Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province, China (No. 2022NSFSC1228, 2022JDTD0017); and CAEA Innovation Center for Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste (No. CXJJ21102209); and Doctoral Foundation of Southwest University of Science and Technology (Grant No. 23zx7111).

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  1. School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China

    Chengyun Fu, Xin Wei & Shan Zhu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China

    Chengyun Fu, Jie Lian & Minhao Yan

  3. National Co-Innovation Center for Nuclear Waste Disposal and Environmental Safety, School of Environment and Resources, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China

    Jie Lian

  4. Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Jianfeng Cheng

  5. CAEA Innovation Center for Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste, Beijing, 100029, China

    Jianfeng Cheng

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The manuscript was written through contributions of all authors. CF: Conceptualization, Investigation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing—original draft. XW: Writing—review & editing, Validation. JL: Formal analysis, Validation. JC: Investigation, Formal analysis. SZ: Supervision, Writing—review & editing. MY: Supervision, Resources, Conceptualization, Project administration.

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Fu, C., Wei, X., Lian, J. et al. A facile synthesis of polyacrylic acid–ammonium phosphomolybdate microspheres for the highly selective removal of cesium. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 333, 2207–2220 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-024-09416-7

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