Adsorption properties and mechanism of uranium by three biomass materials

Zhe Wang; Feng-Yu Huang; Yan Liu; Fa-Cheng Yi; Yuan Feng; Ying Luo; Wen-Jing Jia; Zhen-Yu Wang

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Adsorption properties and mechanism of uranium by three biomass materials

Zhe Wang , Feng-Yu Huang , Yan Liu , Fa-Cheng Yi , Yuan Feng , Ying Luo , Wen-Jing Jia and Zhen-Yu Wang

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From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 110 Issue 1

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⁺.

Keywords: adsorption behavior; adsorption kinetic model; adsorption mechanism; biosorbents; isotherm adsorption model; uranium

Corresponding author: Feng-Yu Huang, Nuclear Wastes and Environmental Safety Laboratory, Southwest University of Science & Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, 621010, China, E-mail: huangfengyu1993@126.com

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

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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).
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Received: 2021-07-16

Accepted: 2021-10-22

Published Online: 2021-11-09

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