Cesium ion removal from low-level radioactive wastewater utilizing synthesized cobalt hexacyanoferrate-sand composite
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Krishan Kant Singh
Abstract
Here, a novel method of synthesis of a sand-based adsorbent for radioactive Cs+ ion removal is reported. Natural sand has been modified with cobalt hexacyanoferrate (CoHCF) using a simple and effective approach. The detailed physical–chemical characterization of the synthesized adsorbent is carried out using XRD, XPS, UV-visible, FT-IR, ICP-AES and Raman spectroscopy. Cs+ ion batch adsorption studies were conducted radio-analytically, and the sorbent’s adsorption capability was observed to be ∼5 mg g−1. The batch studies revealed that Cs+ ion was selectively adsorbed throughout a broad pH range of 1–10. The rate-controlling steps in the adsorption process, according to kinetic studies, are film diffusion and intraparticular diffusion and the adsorption process follows a second-order kinetics.
Acknowledgements
The author Megha Rawat acknowledges Institute Instrumentation Centre (IIC), IIT Roorkee for XPS facility; MSE facilities, IIT Kanpur for Raman facility; Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility (SAIF), IIT Bombay for ICP-AES facility, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai for cesium ion adsorption studies and Doon University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, where all rest of the experimental work were carried out.
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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: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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