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Removal of thorium(IV) from aqueous solution using magnetic ion-imprinted chitosan resin

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The performance of a magnetic ion-imprinted chitosan resins (MICR) have been investigated for the adsorption processes of Th(IV) ions from aqueous solution. Infrared spectra (IR) and energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) show that it is a successful cross-linking and ion-imprinting process, and Th(IV) has been adsorbed onto the MICR. Experimental equilibrium data has been obtained and the results have shown that the Langmuir isotherm model better fits the experimental data compared with the Freundlich isotherm. Two simplified models including pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order equations were selected to simulate the adsorption process.

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This research was financially supported by The National Scientific and Technological Cooperation Project of Jiangxi Province (No. 20161BBH80046) and Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geo Materials of Ministry of Education China University of Geosciences Opening Project (NGM 2016KF003).

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  1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, China

    Guolin Huang, Zhongsheng Chen, LeLe Wang & TingTing Lv

  2. Engineering Research Center of Nano-Geo Materials of Ministry of Education China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Guolin Huang

  3. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2006, Australia

    Jeffrey Shi

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Huang, G., Chen, Z., Wang, L. et al. Removal of thorium(IV) from aqueous solution using magnetic ion-imprinted chitosan resin. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 310, 1265–1272 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-4993-0

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