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Wang J, Cai W, Zuo R, Du C. A Study of Sr Sorption Behavior in Claystone from a Candidate High-Level Radioactive Waste Geological Disposal Site under the Action of FeOOH Colloids. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:9970. [PMID: 36011607 PMCID: PMC9408631 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19169970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Colloids have a significant influence on the migration of nuclides in claystone, which is an important geological barrier. The sorption of strontium on claystone in the presence of FeOOH colloids was investigated in samples from the Suhongtu site, a candidate high-level radioactive waste disposal site in China. The effects of colloid amount, solid content, and pH were investigated by batch tests, and the sorption reaction mechanism was analyzed by kinetic modeling and microscopic characterization techniques. The results indicate that the sorption of Sr by claystone increased with the solids content, and the claystone had a stronger Sr sorption capacity under alkaline conditions. The Sr sorption kinetics were best described by the pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order models, which revealed that the progress is affected by physical diffusion and chemical sorption. Furthermore, the microscopic characterization results demonstrate that cation exchange reactions and surface complex reactions are the main sorption mechanisms for Sr sorption on claystone. Ca and Mg plasmas in claystone minerals can have cation replacement reactions with Sr, and functional groups such as -OH and [CO3]2- can have complexation reactions with Sr to adsorb Sr on the surface of the claystone. Additionally, the presence of the FeOOH colloid inhibited the sorption effect of claystone slightly. The FeOOH colloid could occupy sorption sites on the claystone surface, which reduces the activity of the functional groups and inhibits the sorption of Sr on claystone.
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- Jinsheng Wang
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- Development and Research Center, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100037, China
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Evidence for in-situ electric-induced uranium incorporation into magnetite crystal in acidic wastewater. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Zheng XJ, Bacha RUS, Su DM, Pan QJ. Relativistic DFT Probe for Reaction Energies and Electronic/Bonding Properties of Polypyrrolic Hetero-Bimetallic Actinide Complexes: Effects of Uranyl endo-Oxo Functionalization. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:5747-5756. [PMID: 33826313 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A series of hetero-bimetallic actinide complexes of the Schiff-base polypyrrolic macrocycle (L), featuring cation-cation interactions (CCIs), were systematically investigated using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). The tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvated complex [(THF)(OUVIOUIV)(THF)(L)]2+ has high reaction free energy (ΔrG), and its replacement with electron-donating iodine promotes the reaction thermodynamics to obtain uranyl iodide [(I)(OUVIOUIV)(I)(L)]2+ (UVI-UIV). Retaining this coordination geometry, calculations have been extended to other An(IV) (An = Th, Pa, Np, Pu), i.e., for the substitution of U(IV) to obtain UVI-AnIV. As a consequence, the reaction free energy is appreciably lowered, suggesting the thermodynamic feasibility for the experimental synthesis of these bimetallic complexes. Among all UVI-AnIV, the electron-spin density and high-lying occupied orbitals of UVI-PaIV show a large extent of electron transfer from electron-rich Pa(IV) to electron-deficient U(VI), leading to a more stable UV-PaV oxidation state. Additionally, the shortest bond distance and the comparatively negative Eint of the Pa-Oendo bond suggest more positive and negative charges (Q) of Pa and endo-oxo atoms, respectively. As a result of the enhanced Pa-Oendo bond and strong CCI in UVI-PaIV along with the corresponding lowest reaction free energy among all of the optimized complexes, uranyl species is a better candidate for the experimental synthesis in the ultimate context of environmental remediation.
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- Xiu-Jun Zheng
- Institute of Food and Environmental Engineering, East University of Heilongjiang, Harbin 150066, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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- State-Owned Assets Management Division, Harbin University, Harbin 150086, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China
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Pandey P, Pandey M, Pandey PK. Uranium contamination removal from water by an orchid (Vanda tessellata) based biosorbent. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-021-07638-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Xu D, Zuo R, Han K, Ding F, Jin S, Zhao X, Shi R, Wang J. Sorption of Sr in granite under typical colloidal action. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2020; 233:103659. [PMID: 32480100 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2020.103659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The sorption behaviour of Sr into granite was studied with the presence or absence of typical colloids (goethite, bentonite and humic acid). A batch technique was used to analyse the influencing process of colloids and key factors. Moreover, scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize granite samples before and after the batch experiments. The experiments showed that the presence of colloids promotes the sorption of Sr in the broken granite system; when goethite, bentonite or humic acid (HA) was present, the sorption capacity percentages were 1.8, 2.13 and 1.93 times higher, respectively, than those in the granite only system. As the initial Sr2+ concentration increased, the sorption of Sr increased, but the sorption percentage decreased; the sorption percentage reached a maximum at pH = 7 and decreased as the acidity or alkalinity of the solution increased. The sorption of granite may be related to the interstitial water of the hydroxyl, quartz, and feldspar, the intergranular water of granite groups and the water molecules attached to the granite. Moreover, the surface of the granite sample was rougher after the sorption experiment.
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- Donghui Xu
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China.
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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Du C, Zuo R, Chen M, Wang J, Liu X, Liu L, Lin Y. Influence of colloidal Fe(OH) 3 on the adsorption characteristics of strontium in porous media from a candidate high-level radioactive waste geological disposal site. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 260:113997. [PMID: 32014743 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.113997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Colloids in groundwater or geological barriers generally play a key role in the migration of special nuclides. Adsorption characteristics of strontium were investigated on porous media in the presence of colloidal Fe(OH)3 from the Beishan Site, the only high-level radioactive waste disposal site candidate in China. The effects of colloid amounts, solid contents, and pH were determined and studied by batch texts. The results revealed that the presence of colloidal Fe(OH)3 in porous media contributed to promotion of the sorption effect, and the influencing factors had a significant impact on the adsorption process. The sorption ability increased with increasing colloid amount when the equilibrium time was approximately 10 h under an optimal solid-liquid ratio of 20 g L-1. The sorption effect in alkaline conditions was better than that under acidic conditions. The sorption kinetics indicated that the strong chemical interaction and/or surface complexation contributed primarily to strontium sorption. The sorption isotherms and model fitting revealed that the sorption of strontium onto porous media in the presence of colloidal Fe(OH)3 was a monolayer adsorption, and the presence of colloidal Fe(OH)3 is an important factor that greatly influences the removal of strontium from aqueous solutions. These findings provide useful information for the treatment of strontium in radioactive waste disposal sites.
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- Can Du
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China.
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China; Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100875, China
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Effect of Colloidal Silicate on the Migration Behaviour of Strontium in Groundwater Environment of Geological Disposal Candidate Site. J CHEM-NY 2019. [DOI: 10.1155/2019/9606121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Various colloids are present in the natural groundwater environment, and colloids act on the processes involved when radionuclides leak from a repository in a high-level waste disposal site. This paper investigates the effect of colloidal silicate in natural groundwater environments on the migration behaviour of Sr(II). Three different experimental cases have been designed: (1) effect in the presence of colloidal silicate, (2) effect in the presence of a porous medium, and (3) effect in the presence of both colloidal silicate and porous medium (referred to as CS, PM, and PC, respectively). Batch experiments were used to study the effect of influencing factors on Sr(II) migration behaviour, such as the amount of CS, solid-to-liquid ratio, pH, contact time, and initial concentration of Sr(II). The experiments showed that the effect of PC on the migration behaviour of Sr(II) was greatest, and the presence of CS enhanced the sorption. The colloid amount, pH, and solid-to-liquid ratio significantly affected the migration behaviour. The more the colloids were added, the better the adsorption effect. The optimal pH and solid-to-liquid ratio were 6 and 20 : 1, respectively. The alkaline environment is more conductive to colloid sorption. When the solid-to-liquid ratio was 20 : 1, the sorption percentage of PC is 0.5 times larger than PM. Although the PC has a longer adsorption equilibrium time, the percentage of adsorption can be larger than that in the other two cases. The kinetics and isotherms of Sr(II) were best described by the pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models. It was inferred that strong chemical interactions and/or surface complexation contributed primarily to Sr(II) sorption, and the process was on the monolayer adsorption of the outer surface. These findings provide valuable information for the migration behaviour of strontium in groundwater environments of geological disposal site. At the same time, it provides information for the implementation of permeable reactive barrier technology to control the transport of radioactive Sr(II) and its species in natural surface and groundwater.
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Zuo R, Chen M, Lin Y, Yang J, Jin S, Yue W, Wang J, Teng Y. Effect of a humic acid colloid on the sorption behaviour of Sr onto soil in a candidate high-level radioactive waste geological disposal site. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:25235-25246. [PMID: 31256394 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05545-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We explored the effect of the presence or absence of humic acid (HA) on the sorption behaviour of Sr onto soil. We examined three different experimental cases for Sr sorption: (1) sorption in the presence of only colloidal HA, (2) sorption in the presence of only soil and (3) sorption in the presence of both colloidal HA and soil (HS). A batch technique was used to study the influencing factors, including the amount of colloidal HA, solid content, pH, initial concentration of Sr and contact time. The experiments showed that the influencing factors significantly affected the sorption process. For example, in the case of soil and HS, the sorption percentage increased rapidly with increasing solid content at m/V < 20 g/L, changing from 8.35% and 37.54% to 49.09% and 77.03%, respectively. Moreover, scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize samples. The kinetics and isotherms of Sr were best described by the pseudo-second-order and Langmuir models, which indicated that the process was controlled by chemisorption and uniform monolayer sorption with constant energy on the outer surface. These findings provide valuable information for predicting strontium migration in radioactive waste disposal sites.
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- Rui Zuo
- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China
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- College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China.
- Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100875, China.
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Watts HD, O'Day PA, Kubicki JD. Gibbsite (100) and Kaolinite (100) Sorption of Cadmium(II): A Density Functional Theory and XANES Study of Structures and Energies. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:6319-6333. [PMID: 31251626 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b05159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Due to the potential toxicity of cadmium (Cd2+) and its presence in various waste products found in the environment, it is necessary to develop methods to attenuate and remediate Cd2+ waste. Sorption of Cd2+ to mineral surfaces is a potential route to accomplish this goal. This work focused on improving our molecular-scale understanding of the chemistry of Cd2+ interactions with gibbsite and kaolinite mineral surfaces. Plane-wave density functional theory (DFT) energy minimization calculations and molecular dynamics simulations were used to study the adsorption energies and the nature of the bonds between Cd2+ and the mineral surfaces for possible inner- and outer-sphere surface complexes. Models resulting from the DFT calculations were used to calculate theoretical XANES spectra that were compared with experimental Cd LIII XANES of aqueous Cd2+ as a proxy for outer-sphere Cd2+ hydrated complexes associated with the mineral surfaces. These studies suggest that Cd2+ would favorably bond to the (100) surfaces of both kaolinite and gibbsite through a bidentate mononuclear interaction. However, the results indicate that mixtures of surface complexes on these minerals are likely.
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- Heath D Watts
- Department of Geological Sciences , University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso , Texas 79968 , United States
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- School of Natural Sciences, Sierra Nevada Research Institute , University of California, Merced , Merced , California 95344 , United States
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- Department of Geological Sciences , University of Texas at El Paso , El Paso , Texas 79968 , United States
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Biosorption of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution using microsphere adsorbents of carboxymethyl cellulose loaded with aluminum(III). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-016-4859-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Xiao X, Xue J, Ding D, He B, He D, Tan L, Liao L. Adsorption of low concentration of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution by diethylenetriamine functionalized Cycas revoluta leaves. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-015-4601-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Zhang L, Jing X, Li R, Liu Q, Liu J, Zhang H, Hu S, Wang J. Magnesium carbonate basic coating on cotton cloth as a novel adsorbent for the removal of uranium. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra16446f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A magnesium carbonate basic coating on a cotton cloth was prepared by a facile and cost-effective method for uranium(vi) adsorption. The maximum adsorption capacity toward uranium is 370 mg g−1, promoting a promising and effective adsorbent for practical uranium(vi) adsorption.
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- Lei Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Superlight Material and Surface Technology
- Ministry of Education
- Harbin Engineering University
- PR China
- Institute of Advanced Marine Materials
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