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Efficient uptake of perrhenate/pertechnenate from aqueous solutions by the bifunctional anion-exchange resin

  • Jie Li , Lin Zhu , Chengliang Xiao EMAIL logo , Lanhua Chen , Zhifang Chai and Shuao Wang EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: February 12, 2018
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 106 Issue 7

Abstract

In this work, batch experiments were carried out to explore the sorption properties for perrhenate (ReO4−, a surrogate for TcO4−) by two types of commercial bifunctional anion-exchange resins (Purolite A530E and A532E). It is found that these two bifunctional anion-exchange resins could rapidly remove ReO4− from aqueous solution within 150 min and the maximum sorption capacity for ReO4− reached as high as 707 and 446 mg/g for Purolite A530E and A532E, respectively. The sorption properties were independent of pH over a wide range from 1 to 13. More importantly, both Purolite A530E and A532E exhibited excellent selectivity for the removal of ReO4− in the presence of large excess of NO3− and SO42−. Finally, the removal percentage of ReO4− by these two resins could be >90% and 80%, respectively, from the Hanford low-level waste melter off-gas scrubber simulant stream. Such high selectivity of Purolite A530E and A532E for the removal of ReO4− might be due to the presence of the long-chain group of –[N(Hexyl)3]+, which favored hydrophobic and large anions such as ReO4−/TcO4− rather than NO3−.

Keywords: Pertechnenate; perrhenate; anion-exchange; bifunctional resins; radioactive waste

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21790370, 21790374, 11605118, U1732112), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20150313), the State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse Foundation (PCRRF16003), “Young Thousand Talented Program” in China, and the Priority Academic Program Development (PAPD) of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions.

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Received: 2017-5-24
Accepted: 2018-1-17
Published Online: 2018-2-12
Published in Print: 2018-7-26

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Keywords for this article
Pertechnenate; perrhenate; anion-exchange; bifunctional resins; radioactive waste

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