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Amberlite XAD-2010 Impregnated with Chrome Azurol S for Separation and Spectrophotometric Determination of Uranium and Thorium

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A new extractant-impregnated resin (EIR), chrome azurol S-impregnated on XAD-2010, is used as an adsorbent to separate and preconcentrate U(VI) and Th(IV) ions prior to their spectrophotometric determination. Various instrumental techniques such as elemental analysis, FTIR, and SEM analysis were employed for full characterization of the synthetic extractant. Optimization of the adsorption and elution conditions of U(VI) and Th(IV) ions using synthesized chrome azurol S-impregnated XAD-2010 were studied. Langmuir isotherm model has the best fitting experimental data with a maximum adsorption capacity of 23.8 mg g−1 for U(VI) and 25.4 mg g−1 for Th(IV). The adsorption process of each metal ion using synthesized chrome azurol S-impregnated XAD-2010 showed an exothermic pseudo-second-order adsorption process. High tolerance limits for several studied metal ions on chrome azurol S-impregnated XAD-2010 were observed. The optimized method was applied on an international certified samples and different rock types bearing thorium and uranium with accurate results.

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Orabi, A.H., Elenein, S.A. & Abdulmoteleb, S.S. Amberlite XAD-2010 Impregnated with Chrome Azurol S for Separation and Spectrophotometric Determination of Uranium and Thorium. Chemistry Africa 2, 673–688 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42250-019-00072-z

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