Adsorption properties and mechanism of uranium by three biomass materials
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Zhe Wang
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Yan Liu
Abstract
Wood fibers, bamboo fibers and rice husk were applied to the adsorption of uranium from aqueous solution to understand the uranium adsorption behavior and mechanism by these natural sorbents. The effects of time, adsorbent particle size, pH, adsorbent dosage, temperature and initial concentration were studied using batch technique. The adsorption mechanism was discussed by isothermal adsorption models, adsorption kinetic models. The results suggested that the three biomass adsorbents showed great efficiency of adsorption for uranium. The adsorption capacity of biosorbents of comparatively small particle size and large dosage is quite high. Uranium adsorption achieved a maximum adsorption amount at around pH 3 for wood fibers and bamboo fibers, and around pH 5 for rice husk. All isotherms fitted well to the Langmuir Freundlich and D-R equation, indicating that the adsorption process is favorable and dominated by ion exchange. Rice husk had a highest adsorption capacity, followed by bamboo fibers, while wood fibers had little uranium adsorption under the studied conditions, and the adsorption capacity was 12.22, 11.27 and 11.04 mg/g, respectively. The equilibrium data was well represented by the pseudo-second-order kinetics, indicating that the adsorption rate was controlled by chemical adsorption. Ion exchange was the main adsorption mechanism, and the exchange ions were mainly Na+ and K+.
Funding source: National Key Research and Development Program of China 10.13039/501100012166
Award Identifier / Grant number: Nos. 2019YFC1803500
Funding source: The National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809
Award Identifier / Grant number: No: 41402248
Funding source: Nuclear Facility Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Treatment Research Project of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry of National Defense 10.13039/501100010878
Award Identifier / Grant number: No. 1521 [2018] of the Second Division of Science and Technology
Funding source: The Key Research and Development Projects of Sichuan Science and Technology Department 10.13039/501100004829
Award Identifier / Grant number: No: 2018SZ0298
Funding source: The Scientific Research Project of Sichuan Education Department 10.13039/501100004884
Award Identifier / Grant number: No. 16ZB0150
Funding source: The Open Fund Project of Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory in Universities for the Development of Characteristic Biological Resources of Dry-Hot River Valley
Award Identifier / Grant number: Nos: GR-2020-E-02
Funding source: The Longshan Academic Research Talent Support Program of Southwest University of Science and Technology
Award Identifier / Grant number: Nos. 17LZX308,17LZX613, 18LZX638 and 18LZXT03
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: This study was funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2019YFC1803500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41402248), Nuclear Facility Decommissioning and Radioactive Waste Treatment Research Project of the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry of National Defense (Grant No. 1521 [2018] of the Second Division of Science and Technology), the Key Research and Development Projects of Sichuan Science and Technology Department (Grant No. 2018SZ0298), the Scientific Research Project of Sichuan Education Department (Grant No. 16ZB0150), the Open Fund Project of Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory in Universities for the Development of Characteristic Biological Resources of Dry-Hot River Valley (Grant No. GR-2020-E-02) and the Longshan Academic Research Talent Support Program of Southwest University of Science and Technology (Grant Nos. 17LZX308,17LZX613, 18LZX638 and 18LZXT03).
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Original Papers
- Activation cross sections of some neutron-induced reactions in the energy range of 13.82–14.71 MeV
- New reference materials for trace-levels of actinide elements in plutonium
- Adsorption properties and mechanism of uranium by three biomass materials
- Synthesis of “(aminomethyl)phosphonic acid-functionalized graphene oxide”, and comparison of its adsorption properties for thorium(IV) ion, with plain graphene oxide
- Review
- Application of response surface method in the separation of radioactive material: a review
- Original Paper
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Original Papers
- Activation cross sections of some neutron-induced reactions in the energy range of 13.82–14.71 MeV
- New reference materials for trace-levels of actinide elements in plutonium
- Adsorption properties and mechanism of uranium by three biomass materials
- Synthesis of “(aminomethyl)phosphonic acid-functionalized graphene oxide”, and comparison of its adsorption properties for thorium(IV) ion, with plain graphene oxide
- Review
- Application of response surface method in the separation of radioactive material: a review
- Original Paper
- Preparation, characterization, and bioevaluation of 99mTc-famotidine as a selective radiotracer for peptic ulcer disorder detection in mice
