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The Adsorptive Ability of 3D Flower-Like Titanium Phosphate for U(VI) in Aqueous Solution

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In the present work, 3D flower-like nanostructure titanium phosphates (F-TiP/T; T is the temperature of preparation in Celsius) were prepared through the reaction of tetrabutyl titanate (TBOT) with concentrated phosphoric acid. And F-TiP/T were applied to remove of U(VI). Furthermore, the effects of the preparation temperature, initial solution pH, and the kinetics and thermodynamics of U(VI) adsorbed by F-TiP/T were comprehensively explored. The characterization results of SEM and XRD indicated that the morphology of F-TiP/T was flower-like with a phase of Ti(HPO4)2•2H2O. Moreover, the adsorption results indicated that the processes were fitting to pseudo-first-order and Sips models and the saturated adsorption capacity was recorded as 295.13 mg·g−1. The extraction of U(VI) on F-TiP/T was dominated by ion exchange. The results above indicate that F-TiP/T is a potentially efficient U(VI) adsorbent, which could be utilized in the removal and immobilization of U(VI) in wastewater.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21906017, 21866004, 21866003), the Science and Technology Support Program of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 2018ACB21007), and the Jiangxi Program of Academic and Technical Leaders of Major Disciplines (Grant No. 20182BCB22011).

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    Youqun Wang, Dejun Zeng, Ying Dai, Chenglei Fang, Xuewen Han, Zhibin Zhang, Xiaohong Cao & Yunhai Liu

  2. Engineering Research Center of Nuclear Technology Application, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China

    Youqun Wang, Dejun Zeng, Ying Dai, Chenglei Fang, Xuewen Han, Zhibin Zhang, Xiaohong Cao & Yunhai Liu

  3. Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, Jiangxi, China

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Wang, Y., Zeng, D., Dai, Y. et al. The Adsorptive Ability of 3D Flower-Like Titanium Phosphate for U(VI) in Aqueous Solution. Water Air Soil Pollut 231, 464 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04817-2

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