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Removal of uranium from aqueous solution by phosphate functionalized superparamagnetic polymer microspheres Fe3O4/P(GMA–AA–MMA)

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A new phosphate functionalized superparamagnetic polymer sorbent Fe3O4/P(GMA–AA–MMA)-PO4 was developed by functionalizing Fe3O4/P(GMA–AA–MMA) prepared by soap free emulsion polymerization with o-phosphoethanolamine. The adsorption process was spontaneous and endothermic in nature and kinetically followed pseudo second-order model. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity obtained from the Langmuir model was 274.7 mg g−1 at 298 K. Fe3O4/P(GMA–AA–MMA)-PO4 could selectively adsorb U(VI) in aqueous solution containing co-existing ions and the selectivity of Fe3O4/P(GMA–AA–MMA)-PO4 could reach up to 77 % at pH 4.5. Furthermore, the novel magnetic sorbent could also be easily separated and recovered from aqueous solutions by an external magnetic field.

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Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (No. 20151BAB203028), Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of East China Institute of Technology (No. DHBK1010) and the Opening fund Project of State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China Institute of Technology (NRE1315).

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    Dingzhong Yuan

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    Dingzhong Yuan, Xin Xiong, Long Chen, Yuan Lv, Yun Wang, Ligang Yuan, Shijun Liao & Qinghua Zhang

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Yuan, D., Xiong, X., Chen, L. et al. Removal of uranium from aqueous solution by phosphate functionalized superparamagnetic polymer microspheres Fe3O4/P(GMA–AA–MMA). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 309, 729–741 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4682-4

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