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Pan D, Zhao X, Wang P, Li P, Li Y, Wu W, Wang Z, Fan Q. Insights into sorption speciation of uranium on phlogopite: Evidence from TRLFS and DFT calculation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 427:128164. [PMID: 34991008 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Knowledge of the sorption speciation of uranium at mineral/water interface is essential to construct reliable retention and migration models. In this work, the sorption speciation of U(VI) at the phlogopite/water interface was studied at trace concentrations by combining batch sorption, time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy, and theoretical calculation. Batch experiments showed that the sorption of U(VI) on phlogopite was strongly dependent on pH but weakly affected by ionic strength, implying that the inner-sphere surface complexation was mainly responsible for U(VI) sorption on phlogopite. The diverse luminescence spectral characteristics indicated the formation of multiple inner-sphere surface species at the phlogopite/water interface, whose abundances varied as a function of pH. A portion of U(VI) precipitated as uranyl oxyhydroxides such as metaschoepite and becquerelite at high pH. Density functional theory calculation revealed that the bidentate complex at the edge of phlogopite (≡AlO-MgO-UO2(H2O)3) was the most favorable sorption configuration for U(VI) at acidic condition. The increasing temperature enhanced the sorption of U(VI) on phlogopite without altering the sorption species, and such enhancement in U(VI) sorption was withdrawn once the temperature decreased. These findings are essential for understanding the immobilization mechanism of U(VI) in mica-rich granitic terrains at a molecular scale and building a reliable retention model.
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- Duoqiang Pan
- Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, United States
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- Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Wang P, Tan K, Li Y, Xiao W, Liu Z, Tan W, Xu Y. The adsorption of U(VI) by albite during acid in-situ leaching mining of uranium. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-022-08254-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Surface Coverage- and Excitation Laser Wavelength-Dependent Luminescence Properties of U(VI) Species Adsorbed on Amorphous SiO2. MINERALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/min12020230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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Time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy is usefully used to identify U(VI) surface species adsorbed on SiO2. However, the cause of the inconsistent luminescence lifetimes and spectral shapes reported previously remains undetermined. In this study, the U(VI) surface coverage (Γ) and excitation laser wavelength (λex) were examined as the predominant factors governing the luminescence properties of U(VI) surface species. At neutral pH, the luminescence lifetimes of U(VI) surface species increased with decreasing Γ. In the low-Γ region, where a relatively large number of adjacent surface sites are involved in the formation of multidentate surface complexes, the displacement of more number of coordinated water molecules in the equatorial plane of U(VI) results in a longer lifetime. The pH-dependent luminescence lifetimes of U(VI) surface species at the same U(VI) to SiO2 concentration ratio in the pH range of 4.5–7.5 also explain the effect of the surface binding sites on the luminescence lifetime. The time-resolved luminescence properties of the U(VI) surface species were also investigated at different excitation wavelengths. Continued irradiation of the SiO2 surface with a UV laser beam at λex = 266 nm considerably reduced the luminescence intensities of the U(VI) surface species. The higher the laser pulse energy, the greater the decrease in luminescence intensity. Laser-induced thermal desorption (LITD) of U(VI) surface species is suggested to be the origin of the decrease in luminescence intensity. LITD effects were not observed at λex = 355 and 422 nm, even at high laser pulse energies.
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Sun Y, Li Y. Application of surface complexation modeling on adsorption of uranium at water-solid interface: A review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 278:116861. [PMID: 33714063 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Precise prediction of uranium adsorption at water-mineral interface is of great significance for the safe disposal of radionuclides in geologic environments. Surface complexation modeling (SCM) as a very useful tool has been extensively investigated for simulating adsorption behavior of metals/metalloids at water-mineral interface. Numerous studies concerning the fitting of uranium adsorption on various adsorbents using SCM are well documented, but the systematic and comprehensive review of uranium adsorption using various SCM is not available. In this review, we briefly summarized the rationale of SCM, including constant-capacitance-model (CCM), diffuse-layer-model (DLM), triple-layer-model (TLM); The recent progress in the application of SCM on the fitting of uranium adsorption towards metal (hydr)oxides, clay minerals and soil/sediments was reviewed in details. This review hopefully provides the beneficial guidelines for predicting the transport and fate of uranium in geologic environments beyond laboratory timescales.
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- Yubing Sun
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, PR China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, 102206, PR China
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Degueldre C, McGowan S. Simulating uranium sorption onto inorganic particles: The effect of redox potential. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 2020; 225:106408. [PMID: 33032004 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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An analytical expression is proposed to simulate the effects of pH and redox potential (E) on the sorption of uranium onto model inorganic particles in aquatic environments instead of following an experimental approach providing a list of empirical sorption data. The expression provides a distribution coefficient (Kd) as function of pH, E and ligand concentration (complex formation) applying a surface complexation model on one type of surface sites (>SuOH). The formulation makes use of the complexation and hydrolysis constants for all species in solution and those sorbed at the surface, using correlations between hydrolysis constants and surface complexation constants, for the specific sorption sites. The model was applied for the sorption of uranium onto aluminol, iron hydroxide and silanol sites, mimicking respectively 'clean' clay or 'dirty' clay and 'clean' sand or 'dirty' sand ('dirty' referring to iron hydroxide contaminated), in absence or presence of carbonates in solution. The calculated distribution coefficients are very sensitive with the presence or absence of carbonates. The Kd values obtained by applying the model are compared with values reported in the literature for the sorption of uranium onto specific adsorbents. It is known that in surface water, U(VI) and its hydroxides are the primary stable species usually observed. However, reduction to U(IV) is possible and may be simulated during sorption or when the redox potential (E) decreases. Similar simulations are also applicable to study the sorption of other redox sensitive elements.
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- Claude Degueldre
- Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK.
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- Department of Engineering, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW, UK.
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Semenkova A, Belousov P, Rzhevskaia A, Izosimova Y, Maslakov K, Tolpeshta I, Romanchuk A, Krupskaya V. U(VI) sorption onto natural sorbents. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07318-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Colmenero F, Plášil J, Timón V, Čejka J. Full crystal structure, hydrogen bonding and spectroscopic, mechanical and thermodynamic properties of mineral uranopilite. RSC Adv 2020; 10:31947-31960. [PMID: 35518170 PMCID: PMC9056531 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra04596a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The determination of the full crystal structure of the uranyl sulfate mineral uranopilite, including the positions of the H atoms in the corresponding unit cell, has not been feasible to date due to the poor quality of its X-ray diffraction pattern.
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- Institute of Physics ASCR, v.v.i
- Praha 8
- Czech Republic
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC)
- 28006 Madrid
- Spain
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- Mineralogicko-petrologické oddělení
- Národní muzeum
- 193 00 Praha 9
- Czech Republic
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Asokogene OF, Zaini MAA, Idris MM, Abdulsalam S, Usman AEN. Physicochemical Properties of Oxalic Acid-Modified Chitosan/Neem Leave Composites from Pessu River Crab Shell. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL REACTOR ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/ijcre-2018-0274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study was aimed to evaluate the characteristics of chitosan from Pessu river crab shell and its derivatives as prospective adsorbent. The synthesized chitosan (CH) was modified with 10 % (w/v) oxalic acid (CHOx), while the composites (CHOx-ANL1, CHOx-ANL2 and CHOx-ANL3) were designated according to the amount of activated neem leave (ANL). The materials were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDAX), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), thermal gravimetric (TGA) and methylene blue dye adsorption. The FTIR spectra of chitosan samples show the characteristics of primary and secondary amine/amide groups. The SEM images exhibit a tight, porous and fractured surface, which is covered with activated neem leave for the composites. The BET surface area of chitosan materials is in the increasing order of, CH < CHOx-ANL1 < CHOx-ANL2 < CHOx < CHOx-ANL3. CHOx-ANL3 displays a higher surface area of 389 m2/g, and 70.9 % mesoporosity. Despite its lower surface area of 258 m2/g (65.4 % mesoporosity), CHOx-ANL1 exhibits a greater methylene blue adsorption of 90.8 mg/g at dye concentration of 300 mg/L. The possible removal mechanisms include ionic interaction between dye molecules and functional groups, and surface adsorption due to the textural properties of chitosan samples. Chitosan from Pessu river crab shell and its derivatives are promising adsorbent candidate for dyes and heavy metals removal from water.
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Philipp T, Shams Aldin Azzam S, Rossberg A, Huittinen N, Schmeide K, Stumpf T. U(VI) sorption on Ca-bentonite at (hyper)alkaline conditions - Spectroscopic investigations of retention mechanisms. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 676:469-481. [PMID: 31048176 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Environmental conditions in deep geological repositories for radioactive waste may involve high pH values due to the degradation of concrete. However, the U(VI) sorption at such (hyper)alkaline conditions is still poorly understood. In this study, batch sorption experiments with Ca-bentonite in the pH range 8-13 at different carbonate concentrations were combined with spectroscopic investigations in order to gain insight into the underlying retention mechanisms. It was found that U(VI) sorption strongly correlates with the aqueous U(VI) speciation determined by time-resolved laser-induced luminescence spectroscopy (TRLFS). Increasing retention with increasing pH was accompanied by a change in aqueous speciation from uranyl carbonates to uranyl hydroxides. The occurrence of luminescence line-narrowing and a decreased frequency of the symmetric stretch vibration, deduced from site-selective TRLFS, indicate the presence of adsorbed U(VI) surface complexes. X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy confirms that surface precipitation does not contribute significantly to the removal of U(VI) from solution but that retention occurs through the formation of two non-equivalent U(VI)-complexes on the bentonite surface. The present study demonstrates that in alkaline environments, where often only precipitation processes are considered, adsorption can provide effective retention of U(VI), despite the anionic character of prevailing aqueous species.
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- Thimo Philipp
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany; The Rossendorf Beamline at ESRF, F-38043 Grenoble, France.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328 Dresden, Germany.
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Wolter JM, Schmeide K, Weiss S, Bok F, Brendler V, Stumpf T. Stability of U(VI) doped calcium silicate hydrate gel in repository-relevant brines studied by leaching experiments and spectroscopy. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 218:241-251. [PMID: 30471505 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.11.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The stability of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel doped with uranium to form calcium uranium silicate hydrate (C-U-S-H) gel was investigated in 2.5 M NaCl, 2.5 M NaCl/0.02 M Na2SO4, 2.5 M NaCl/0.02 M NaHCO3 or 0.02 M NaHCO3 solutions relevant to the geological disposal of radioactive waste. The C-U-S-H gel samples were synthesized by direct U(VI) incorporation and characterized with time-resolved laser-induced luminescence spectroscopy (TRLFS), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Time-dependent pH changes as well as the Ca, Si and U release from C-U-S-H gels into the brines, determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), were monitored for three calcium-to-silicon (C/S) ratios (0.99, 1.55 and 2.02) over 32 d. Subsequently, changes of the U(VI) speciation and C-S-H mineralogy caused by leaching were investigated with TRLFS, IR spectroscopy and XRD. Results indicated that composition and pH value of the leaching solution, the presence of portlandite as well as formation and solubility of calcite as secondary phase determine the U(VI) retention by C-S-H gel under high saline and alkaline conditions. At high ionic strengths, the Ca release from C-S-H and secondary phases like calcite is increased. Under hyperalkaline conditions only small amounts of U(VI) were released during leaching. A decrease of the pH due to the additional presence of carbonate was linked with an increased U(VI) release from C-S-H gel leading to the formation of aqueous calcium uranyl carbonate in the supernatant solution.
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- Jan-Martin Wolter
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology, Bautzner Landstraße 400, 01328, Dresden, Germany.
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Fan Q, Li P, Pan D. Radionuclides sorption on typical clay minerals: Modeling and spectroscopies. INTERFACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-102727-1.00001-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Zhang C, Liu X, Tinnacher RM, Tournassat C. Mechanistic Understanding of Uranyl Ion Complexation on Montmorillonite Edges: A Combined First-Principles Molecular Dynamics-Surface Complexation Modeling Approach. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:8501-8509. [PMID: 29949352 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Systematic first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) simulations were carried out to study the structures, free energies, and acidity constants of UO22+ surface complexes on montmorillonite in order to elucidate the surface complexation mechanisms of the uranyl ion (UO22+) on clay mineral edges at the atomic scale. Four representative complexing sites were investigated, that is, ≡Al(OH)2 and ≡AlOHSiO on the (010) surface and ≡AlOHOa and ≡SiOOa on the (110) surface. The results show that uranyl ions form bidentate complexes on these sites. All calculated binding free energies for these complexes are very similar. These bidentate complexes can be hydrolyzed, and their corresponding derived p Ka values (around 5.0 and 9.0 for p Ka1 and p Ka2, respectively) indicate that UO2(OH)+ and UO2(OH)2 surface groups are the dominant surface species in the environmental pH range. The OH groups of UO2(OH)2 surface complexes can act as complexing sites for subsequent metals. Additional simulations showed that such multinuclear adsorption is feasible and can be important at high pH. Furthermore, FPMD simulation results served as input parameters for an electrostatic thermodynamic surface complexation model (SCM) that adequately reproduced adsorption data from the literature. Overall, this study provides an improved understanding of UO22+ complexation on clay mineral edge surfaces.
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- Chi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093 , P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mineral Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering , Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093 , P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , California State University East Bay , Hayward , California 94542 , United States
- Energy Geosciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , California State University East Bay , Hayward , California 94542 , United States
- BRGM , Orléans 45060 , France
- Univ. Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327 , F-45071 , Orléans , France
- Energy Geosciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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Saghatchi H, Ansari R. Application of magnetic polyaniline nanocomposite for separation of uranyl ions from aqueous solutions. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2018.1459701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Hadis Saghatchi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
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Mikutta C, Langner P, Bargar JR, Kretzschmar R. Tetra- and Hexavalent Uranium Forms Bidentate-Mononuclear Complexes with Particulate Organic Matter in a Naturally Uranium-Enriched Peatland. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:10465-10475. [PMID: 27635434 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Peatlands frequently serve as efficient biogeochemical traps for U. Mechanisms of U immobilization in these organic matter-dominated environments may encompass the precipitation of U-bearing mineral(oid)s and the complexation of U by a vast range of (in)organic surfaces. The objective of this work was to investigate the spatial distribution and molecular binding mechanisms of U in soils of an alpine minerotrophic peatland (pH 4.7-6.6, Eh = -127 to 463 mV) using microfocused X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and bulk and microfocused U L3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The soils contained 2.3-47.4 wt % organic C, 4.1-58.6 g/kg Fe, and up to 335 mg/kg geogenic U. Uranium was found to be heterogeneously distributed at the micrometer scale and enriched as both U(IV) and U(VI) on fibrous and woody plant debris (48 ± 10% U(IV), x̅ ± σ, n = 22). Bulk U X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy revealed that in all samples U(IV) comprised 35-68% of total U (x̅ = 50%, n = 15). Shell-fit analyses of bulk U L3-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra showed that U was coordinated to 1.3 ± 0.2 C atoms at a distance of 2.91 ± 0.01 Å (x̅ ± σ), which implies the formation of bidentate-mononuclear U(IV/VI) complexes with carboxyl groups. We neither found evidence for U shells at ∼3.9 Å, indicative of mineral-associated U or multinuclear U(IV) species, nor for a substantial P/Fe coordination of U. Our data indicates that U(IV/VI) complexation by natural organic matter prevents the precipitation of U minerals as well as U complexation by Fe/Mn phases at our field site, and suggests that organically complexed U(IV) is formed via reduction of organic matter-bound U(VI).
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- Christian Mikutta
- Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, CHN, ETH Zurich , 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
- Section for Environmental Chemistry and Physics, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen , DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, CHN, ETH Zurich , 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource Directorate, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory , Menlo Park, California 94025, United States
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- Soil Chemistry Group, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, CHN, ETH Zurich , 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Tits J, Walther C, Stumpf T, Macé N, Wieland E. A luminescence line-narrowing spectroscopic study of the uranium(vi) interaction with cementitious materials and titanium dioxide. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:966-76. [DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02172j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Luminescence line-narrowing spectroscopy has been applied to identify the mechanisms controlling the uranium retention by titanium dioxide and cement minerals.
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- Jan Tits
- Laboratory for Waste Management
- Paul Scherrer Institute
- CH-5232 Villigen PSI
- Switzerland
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- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
- Germany
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- Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
- Germany
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- Laboratory for Waste Management
- Paul Scherrer Institute
- CH-5232 Villigen PSI
- Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Waste Management
- Paul Scherrer Institute
- CH-5232 Villigen PSI
- Switzerland
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Wang H, Chai Z, Wang D. Adsorption of uranyl on hydroxylated α-SiO2(001): a first-principle study. Dalton Trans 2015; 44:1646-54. [DOI: 10.1039/c4dt02872d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The effects of pH, CO2, aqua solution and anionic ligands on the adsorption of uranyl on α-SiO2(001) were investigated.
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- Hui Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Techniques
- and Multidisciplinary Initiative Center
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Techniques
- and Multidisciplinary Initiative Center
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Techniques
- and Multidisciplinary Initiative Center
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing
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Wang Q, Cheng T, Wu Y. Influence of mineral colloids and humic substances on uranium(VI) transport in water-saturated geologic porous media. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2014; 170:76-85. [PMID: 25444118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 10/06/2014] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Mineral colloids and humic substances often co-exist in subsurface environment and substantially influence uranium (U) transport. However, the combined effects of mineral colloids and humic substances on U transport are not clear. This study is aimed at quantifying U transport and elucidating geochemical processes that control U transport when both mineral colloids and humic acid (HA) are present. U-spiked solutions/suspensions were injected into water-saturated sand columns, and U and colloid concentrations in column effluent were monitored. We found that HA promoted U transport via (i) formation of aqueous U-HA complexes, and (ii) competition against aqueous U for surface sites on transport media. Illite colloids had no influence on U transport at pH5 in the absence of HA due to low mobility of the colloids. At pH9, U desorbed from mobile illite and the presence of illite decreased U transport. At pH5, high U transport occurred when both illite colloids and HA were present, which was attributed to enhanced U adsorption to illite colloids via formation of ternary illite-HA-U surface complexes, and enhanced illite transport due to HA attachment to illite and transport media. This study demonstrates that the combined effects of mineral colloids and HA on contaminant transport is different from simple addition of the individual effect.
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- Qing Wang
- Environmental Science Program, Faculty of Science, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X7, Canada
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X5, Canada.
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- Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X5, Canada
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Adsorption thermodynamic and desorption studies of U(VI) on modified silica gel (SiAPMS-HL). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3344-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Chemical modification of silica gel with synthesized Schiff base hydrazone derivative and application for preconcentration and separation of U(VI) ions from aqueous solutions. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3151-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Geckeis H, Lützenkirchen J, Polly R, Rabung T, Schmidt M. Mineral–Water Interface Reactions of Actinides. Chem Rev 2013; 113:1016-62. [DOI: 10.1021/cr300370h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Horst Geckeis
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal
(INE), Karlsruhe, P.O.Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal
(INE), Karlsruhe, P.O.Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal
(INE), Karlsruhe, P.O.Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal
(INE), Karlsruhe, P.O.Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal
(INE), Karlsruhe, P.O.Box 3640, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Kremleva A, Martorell B, Krüger S, Rösch N. Uranyl adsorption on solvated edge surfaces of pyrophyllite: a DFT model study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:5815-23. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp23886a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Alena Kremleva
- Department Chemie & Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching, Germany
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Determination of uranium(VI) sorbed species in calcium silicate hydrate phases: A laser-induced luminescence spectroscopy and batch sorption study. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011; 359:248-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2010] [Revised: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Sladkov V, Zhao Y, Mercier-Bion F. Capillary zone electrophoresis for U(VI) and short chain carboxylic acid sorption studies on silica and rutile. Talanta 2011; 83:1595-600. [DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.11.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Boily JF, Rosso KM. Crystallographic controls on uranyl binding at the quartz/water interface. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:7845-51. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01406k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kang KC, Kim SS, Baik MH, Kwon SH, Rhee SW. Sorption of aqueous uranium(VI) ion onto a cation-exchangeable K-birnessite colloid. ANALYTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2010. [DOI: 10.5806/ast.2010.23.6.566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We overview quantum mechanical simulations that model the adsorption of actinide ions at solvated mineral surfaces. Pertinent examples illustrate the status of this emerging field of computational chemistry. In particular, we describe our own studies on uranyl adsorption on kaolinite. Already the few available results, from applications of density functional methods to cluster models or periodic slab models, show that such calculations are a useful complement to experimental investigations. Detailed information at the atomic level from accurate electronic structure calculations on well defined model systems helps to refine current interpretations of the chemical nature of uranyl adsorption species and to discover new features of these interface systems. Results from quantum mechanical simulations also provide a valuable reference for future experimental investigations.
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Sorption speciation of lanthanides/actinides on minerals by TRLFS, EXAFS and DFT studies: a review. Molecules 2010; 15:8431-68. [PMID: 21085087 PMCID: PMC6259111 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15118431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lanthanides/actinides sorption speciation on minerals and oxides by means of time resolved laser fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS), extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS) and density functional theory (DFT) is reviewed in the field of nuclear disposal safety research. The theoretical aspects of the methods are concisely presented. Examples of recent research results of lanthanide/actinide speciation and local atomic structures using TRLFS, EXAFS and DFT are discussed. The interaction of lanthanides/actinides with oxides and minerals as well as their uptake are also of common interest in radionuclide chemistry. Especially the sorption and inclusion of radionuclides into several minerals lead to an improvement in knowledge of minor components in solids. In the solid-liquid interface, the speciation and local atomic structures of Eu(III), Cm(III), U(VI), and Np(IV/VI) in several natural and synthetic minerals and oxides are also reviewed and discussed. The review is important to understand the physicochemical behavior of lanthanides/actinides at a molecular level in the natural environment.
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Pshinko GN, Kobets SA, Bogolepov AA, Goncharuk VV. Treatment of waters containing uranium with saponite clay. J WATER CHEM TECHNO+ 2010. [DOI: 10.3103/s1063455x10010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shi Z, Liu C, Zachara JM, Wang Z, Deng B. Inhibition effect of secondary phosphate mineral precipitation on uranium release from contaminated sediments. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2009; 43:8344-8349. [PMID: 19924967 DOI: 10.1021/es9021359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The inhibitory effect of phosphate mineral precipitation on diffusion-limited uranium release was evaluated using a U(VI)-contaminated sediment collected from the U.S. Department of Energy Hanford site. The sediment contained U(VI) that was associated with diffusion-limited intragrain regions within its millimeter-sized granitic lithic fragments. The sediment was first treated to promote phosphate mineral precipitation in batch suspensions spiked with 1 and 50 mM aqueous phosphate and calcium in the stoichiometric ratio of the mineral hydroxyapatite. The phosphate-treated sediment was then leached to solubilize contaminant U(VI) in a column system using a synthetic groundwater solution with chemical components representative of Hanford groundwater. Phosphate treatment significantly decreased the extent of U(VI) release from the sediment. Within the experimental duration of about 200 pore volumes, the effluent U(VI) concentrations were consistently lower by over 1 and 2 orders of magnitude after the sediment was treated with 1 and 50 mM of phosphate, respectively. Measurements of solid-phase U(VI) using laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and chemical extraction of the sediment collectively indicated that the inhibition of U(VI) release from the sediment was caused by (1) U(VI) adsorption to the secondary phosphate precipitates and (2) the transformation of original U(VI) mineral phases to less soluble forms.
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- Zhenqing Shi
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99354, USA
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El-Sayed AA. Kinetics and thermodynamics of adsorption of trace amount of uranium on activated carbon. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2009. [DOI: 10.1524/ract.2008.1516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Theoretical calculation of both the kinetics and thermodynamic parameters for the adsorption of ultrace amount of uranium ion in uranyl nitrate salt (UO2
2+) on activated carbon showed the applicability of Langmuir isothermal model. Equilibrium isotherm studies gave the maximum calculated sorption capacity as 30.95 μg/g for 100 μg/L at 0.8 g activated carbon (AC), compared to the experimental result 24.9 μg/g, with correlation coefficient of 0.999 compared to 0.985 and 0.901 for Freundlich and/or D–R Dubinin–Raduschkevich, respectively. It was found that the adsorption process is mainly exothermic, where the thermodynamic parameters are as follows: ΔH
ads −90.5 (kJ/mol), ΔS°ads 0.224 (kJ/mol/K) and ΔG
ads −23.75 (kJ/mol) (T=298 K). Kinetically the process was assured the first order rate of reaction with the rate constant equal to 0.304 min−1 (100 μg/L) and 0.387 min−1 (50 μg/L) respectively, compared to 3.3×10−4 and 4.4×10−4 min−1 for the second order kinetics mechanism.
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Arda D, Hizal J, Apak R. Surface complexation modelling of uranyl adsorption onto kaolinite based clay minerals using FITEQL 3.2. RADIOCHIM ACTA 2009. [DOI: 10.1524/ract.2006.94.12.835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of this study is to explain how the kaolinite-based clay minerals adsorb hexavalent uranium (uranyl ion), and to model uranyl adsorption based on inner-sphere surface complexation with the kaolinite edge hydroxyl sites and outer-sphere complexation with the permanent charge sites. The adsorption of UO2
2+ on kaolinite-based clay was modeled with the aid of FITEQL 3.2 code using the single-site binding model of the Langmuir approach. Potentiometric titrations and adsorption capacity experiments were carried out in solutions containing different concentrations of the inert electrolyte NaClO4, however adsorption modeling was deliberately done at low ionic strength (0.01 M electrolyte) for enabling adsorption onto the permanent negatively charged sites of kaolinite. When a ‘two-site’ binding model was adopted, i.e., ≡S1OH sites representing silanol and ≡S2OH sites aluminol, a good fit was not obtained, and therefore the involvement of merely aluminol sites in surface complexation was assumed along with the ion exchange-held X2
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2+ species by the NaX permanent charge sites. The uranyl cation was assumed to bind to the clay surface as the sole (unhydrolyzed) UO2
2+ ion and form monodentate surface complexes. The modeling system comprised of surface complexation and ion exchange was resolved with respect to species distributions and relevant stability constants. Electrostatic effects were accounted for using a diffuse layer model (DLM) requiring the minimum number of adjustable parameters. Metal adsorption onto clay showed a steady increase with increasing pH up to pH 5.5, i.e., the edge pH for bulk precipitation at the studied concentration range.
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Pshinko GN, Bogolepov AA, Kobets SA, Kosorukov AA. Effect of aluminum and iron hydroxides deposited on the montmorillonite surface on the U(VI) sorption. RADIOCHEMISTRY 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1066362209020210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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García-Rosales G, Drot R, Mercier-Bion F, Lagarde G, Simoni E. Interaction between U(VI) and SrTiO3 surfaces versus temperature. J Colloid Interface Sci 2009; 333:104-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.01.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2008] [Revised: 01/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kremleva A, Krüger S, Rösch N. Density functional model studies of uranyl adsorption on (001) surfaces of kaolinite. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:9515-9524. [PMID: 18681466 DOI: 10.1021/la801278j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The adsorption of uranyl on two types of neutral (001) surfaces of kaolinite, tetrahedral Si(t) and octahedral Al(o), was studied by means of density functional periodic slab model calculations. Various types of model surface complexes, adsorbed at different sites, were optimized and adsorption energies were estimated. As expected, the Si(t) surface was found to be less reactive than the Al(o) surface. At the neutral Al(o) surface, only adsorption at protonated sites is calculated to be exothermic for inner- as well as outer-sphere adsorption complexes, with monodentate coordination being preferred. Adsorption energies as well as structural features of the adsorption complexes are mainly determined by the number of deprotonated surface hydroxyl groups involved. Outer-sphere complexes on both surfaces exhibit a shorter U-O bond to the aqua ligand of uranyl that is in direct contact with the surface than to the other aqua ligands. This splitting of the shell of equatorial U-O bonds is at variance with common expectations for outer-sphere surface complexes of uranyl.
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- Alena Kremleva
- Department Chemie, Theoretische Chemie, Technische Universität München, 85747 Garching, Germany
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Sorption of Eu3+ on dickite particles studied by Raman, luminescence, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies. CR CHIM 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crci.2007.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kornilovich BY, Pshinko GN, Bogolepov AA. Effects of EDTA and NTA on sorption of U(VI) on the clay fraction of soil. RADIOCHEMISTRY 2006. [DOI: 10.1134/s1066362206060087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Arnold T, Utsunomiya S, Geipel G, Ewing RC, Baumann N, Brendler V. Adsorbed U(VI) surface species on muscovite identified by laser fluorescence spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2006; 40:4646-52. [PMID: 16913119 DOI: 10.1021/es052507l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS) and high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) were applied to investigate the species of uranyl(VI) adsorbed onto muscovite platelets and muscovite suspensions (grain size: 63-200 microm). TRLFS provided evidence for the presence of two adsorbed uranium(VI) surface species on edge-surfaces of muscovite. The two species showed different positions of the fluorescence emission bands and different fluorescence lifetimes indicating a different coordination environment for the two species. HAADF-STEM revealed that nanoclusters of an amorphous uranium phase were attached to the edge-surfaces of muscovite powder during batch sorption experiments. These U-nanoclusters were not observed on {00/} cleavage planes of the muscovite. The surface species with the shorter fluorescence lifetimes are interpreted as truly adsorbed bidentate surface complexes, in which the U(VI) binds to aluminol groups of edge-surfaces. The surface species with the longer fluorescence lifetimes are interpreted to be an amorphous U(VI) condensate or nanosized clusters of polynuclear uranyl(VI) surface species with a particle diameter of 1 to 2 nm. Depending on the size of these clusters the fluorescence lifetimes vary; i.e., the larger the nanosized clusters, the longer is the fluorescence lifetime.
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- Thuro Arnold
- FZ Rossendorf e. V., Institute of Radiochemistry, P.O. Box 510119, D-01314 Dresden, Germany.
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Mellah A, Chegrouche S, Barkat M. The removal of uranium(VI) from aqueous solutions onto activated carbon: Kinetic and thermodynamic investigations. J Colloid Interface Sci 2006; 296:434-41. [PMID: 16300778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2005.09.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2005] [Revised: 09/04/2005] [Accepted: 09/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The adsorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solutions onto activated carbon has been studied using a batch adsorber. The parameters that affect the uranium(VI) adsorption, such as contact time, solution pH, initial uranium(VI) concentration, and temperature, have been investigated and optimized conditions determined (contact time 240 min; pH 3.0+/-0.1; initial uranium concentration 100 mg/L; temperature 293.15 K). The experimental data were analyzed using sorption kinetic models (pseudo-first- and pseudo-second-order equations) to determine the equation that fits best our experimental results. Equilibrium isotherm studies were used to evaluate the maximum sorption capacity of activated carbon and experimental results showed this to be 28.30 mg/g. The Freundlich, Langmuir, and Dubinin-Radushkevich (D-R) models have been applied and the data correlate well with Freundlich model and that the sorption is physical in nature (the activation energy Ea=7.91 kJ/mol). Thermodynamic parameters (DeltaHads0=-50.53 kJ/mol, DeltaSads0=-98.76 J/mol K, DeltaGads(293.15 K)0=-21.61 kJ/mol) showed the exothermic heat of adsorption and the feasibility of the process.
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- A Mellah
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Centre de Recherche Nucléaire de Draria, B.P. 43, 16003 Draria, Algiers, Algeria
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Chang HS, Korshin GV, Wang Z, Zachara JM. Adsorption of uranyl on gibbsite: A time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy study. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2006; 40:1244-9. [PMID: 16572782 DOI: 10.1021/es051714i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Uranyl adsorbed on gibbsite at pH 4.0-8.0 and ionic strengths (ISs) 0.001-0.4 M (NaClO4) in the absence of carbonate was studied using time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLIFS) under cryogenic conditions. TRLIFS data showed the presence of several distinct emission components. Their contributions were determined using the evolving factor analysis approach. Four components denoted as species A, B, C, and D were discerned. Each of them was characterized by a characteristic response to pH and IS changes and also by a unique combination of the values of the fundamental transition energy E0,0, vibronic spacing deltaE, and half-width of the vibronic lines deltaW. Species A and B were major contributors to the overall emission. They were mainly affected by the pH and predominated below and above pH 5.0, respectively. In contrast with that, the contribution of species C was noticeable only at IS = 0.001 M, while it was suppressed or absent at high IS values. It was concluded that species A and B are likely to correspond to inner-sphere surface aluminol complexes =AlO-(UO2)+ and =AlO-(UO2)OH degrees, while species C was hypothesized to correspond to electrostatically bound uranyl complexes (predominantly [UO2(OH)3]-).
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- Hyun-Shik Chang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Box 352700, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98115-2700, USA
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