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Optimization of molar content of amidoxime and acrylic acid in UHMWPE fibers for improvement of seawater uranium adsorption capacity

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Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibrous adsorbents with different molar content of amidoxime (M AO) and acrylic acid (M AA) were prepared by graft polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) and acrylic acid (AA), followed by amidoximation. Uranium adsorption experiments in both artificial and natural seawater were carried out to investigate the effect of M AO and M AA on the uranium adsorption capacity of UHMWPE fibrous adsorbents. Adsorption results showed that the UHMWPE fibrous adsorbent with M AO = 4.27 and M AA = 4.64 mmol/g-ads exhibited better uranium adsorption capacity in both artificial (7.01 mg-U/g-ads) and natural (0.77 mg-U/g-ads) seawater.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Numbers 11605275, 11675247, 11275252, 11305241).

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    1. Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 2019 Jialuo Road, Jiading District, Shanghai, 201800, China

      Rong Li, Lijuan Pang, Hongjuan Ma, Xiyan Liu, Mingxing Zhang, Qianhong Gao, Honglong Wang, Zhe Xing, Mouhua Wang & Guozhong Wu

    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19 Yuquan Road, Shijingshan District, Beijing, 100049, China

      Lijuan Pang, Mingxing Zhang, Qianhong Gao & Honglong Wang

    3. School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, No. 319 Yueyang Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200031, China

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    Li, R., Pang, L., Ma, H. et al. Optimization of molar content of amidoxime and acrylic acid in UHMWPE fibers for improvement of seawater uranium adsorption capacity. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 311, 1771–1779 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-016-5117-6

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