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Studies on adsorption and separation characteristics of americium and lanthanides using a silica-based macroporous bi(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP) adsorbent

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For separating americium from lanthanides, a macroporous silica-based polymeric adsorbent (HDEHP/SiO2-P) was prepared in this study. Using this adsorbent, the adsorption characteristics of 241Am(III) and lanthanides were investigated in HNO3 solutions. The obtained results displayed that heavy lanthanides had greater adsorption towards HDEHP/SiO2-P than Ce(III) and 241Am(III). The adsorption behavior of 241Am(III) was found to be similar with Ce(III) in 0.1–0.3 M HNO3 solutions. The adsorption kinetics of Gd(III) and Ce(III) reached equilibrium within 2 h and fitted well with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 91126006 and Grant No. 11305102) and Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (Grant No. 2015ZX07406006-06).

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    Qiding Shu, Afshin Khayambashi, Qing Zou, Xiaolong Wang & Yuezhou Wei

  2. College of Resource and Metallurgy, Guangxi University, 100 Daxue East Road, Nanning, 530004, China

    Yuezhou Wei

  3. Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology, 1500 Zhang Heng Road, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Linfeng He & Fangdong Tang

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Shu, Q., Khayambashi, A., Zou, Q. et al. Studies on adsorption and separation characteristics of americium and lanthanides using a silica-based macroporous bi(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (HDEHP) adsorbent. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 313, 29–37 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5293-z

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