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Separation studies of 60Co (II) and 134Cs (I) radionuclides from aqueous solution using starch-grafted citric acid-acrylamide/magnesia hydrogel

  • Maha Ali Youssef EMAIL logo , Gehan Abdel Rahman Sadek Dakroury and Hisham Soliman Hassan
Published/Copyright: June 25, 2024
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 112 Issue 11

Abstract

In this study, three starch hydrogels composite prepared using different ratios of starch, citric acid, acrylamide, and MgO nanoparticles (referred to as St1-g-(CA-AM), St2-g-(CA-AM), and St3-g-(CA-AM) MgO). These materials were assessed using FT-IR, SEM, and EDX. The adsorption of 134Cs(I) and 60Co (II) onto these materials studied using radiometric analysis. The investigation focused on how temperature, contact duration, initial metal ion concentration, and pH of the solution affected the sorption efficiency. It is found that a pH value of 7 optimized the adsorption reaction, reaching equilibrium after 40 minutes. The kinetics of the adsorption followed a pseudo-second order model. The Langmuir model adequately explained the sorption mechanism, supported by the analysis of isotherm models. The monolayer adsorption capacities for 60Co (II) and 134Cs (I) were 113.38 and 100.2 mg g−1, respectively. The thermodynamic study indicated that the sorption process is both endothermic and spontaneous.

Keywords: Cobalt-60; Cesium-134; Nano–MgO; free radical polymerization; starch hydrogel
Corresponding author: Maha Ali Youssef, Analytical Chemistry and Control Department, Hot Laboratories Centre, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, P.O. 13759, Egypt, E-mail:

  1. Research ethics: Not applicable.

  2. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. Maha Ali Youssef, Gehan Abdel Rahman Sadek Dakroury, and Hisham Soliman Hassan were involved in initial conception and design of the study. Maha Ali Youssef, Gehan Abdel Rahman Sadek Dakroury and Hisham Soliman Hassan were involved in data collection. Gehan Abdel Rahman Sadek Dakroury and Hisham Soliman Hassan contributed to the methodology. Maha Ali Youssef, and Hisham Soliman Hassan performed the analysis. Maha Ali Youssef and Gehan Abdel Rahman Sadek Dakroury wrote the original draft. All authors have substantially contributed to the study and revision of the paper.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

  4. Research funding: None declared.

  5. Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Received: 2024-04-04
Accepted: 2024-06-06
Published Online: 2024-06-25
Published in Print: 2024-11-26

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2024-0295
Keywords for this article
Cobalt-60; Cesium-134; Nano–MgO; free radical polymerization; starch hydrogel

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