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Removal and Recovery of U(VI) from Low Concentration Radioactive Wastewater by Ethylenediamine-Modified Biomass of Aspergillus niger

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In order to develop an effective and economical method for removing U(VI) from the low concentration radioactive wastewater with the U(VI) concentration of less than 1 mg L−1, the biomass of Aspergillus niger was prepared and modified with ethylenediamine, and the biosorption of uranium from the low concentration radioactive wastewater by the unmodified and the modified biomasses was investigated in a batch system. The modified biomass exhibited the adsorption efficiency of 99.25 % for uranium under the optimum conditions that pH was 5.0, the contact time was 150 min, and the biosorbent dose was 0.2 g L−1. The adsorption fitted well to Langmuir isotherm, and the maximum sorption capacity of the modified biomass for U(VI) was determined to be 6.789 mg g−1 which increased by 36.45 % compared with the unmodified biomass. The adsorption kinetics was better depicted by pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The Gibbs free energy change (ΔG 0), enthalpy change (ΔH 0), and entropy change (ΔS 0) showed that the process of U(VI) adsorption was spontaneous, endothermic, and feasible. The changes in the groups, morphology, and the presence of U(VI) on the surface of the adsorbents which were characterized by FT-IR, SEM, and EDS, demonstrated that the U(VI) was successfully adsorbed onto the modified biomass. Moreover, the UO2 2+ absorbed on the modified biomass can be released by 0.1 mol L−1 HNO3 with high desorption efficiency of 99.21 %. The results show that the modified biomass can remove U(VI) from low concentration radioactive wastewater more effectively than the unmodified biomass.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91326106 and 114055081) and the Development Program for Science and Technology for National Defense (B3720132001).

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    De Xin Ding, Xin Xin, Nan Hu, Guang Yue Li, Yong Dong Wang & Ping Kun Fu

  2. School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, People’s Republic of China

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Ding, D.X., Xin, X., Li, L. et al. Removal and Recovery of U(VI) from Low Concentration Radioactive Wastewater by Ethylenediamine-Modified Biomass of Aspergillus niger . Water Air Soil Pollut 225, 2206 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2206-4

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