Preparation of amidoxime-based PE/PP fibers for extraction of uranium from aqueous solution

Xiao Xu; Xiao-Jun Ding; Jun-Xuan Ao; Rong Li; Zhe Xing; Xi-Yan Liu; Xiao-Jing Guo; Guo-Zhong Wu; Hong-Juan Ma; Xiao-Yan Zhao

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Preparation of amidoxime-based PE/PP fibers for extraction of uranium from aqueous solution

NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE | Updated：2021-02-01

- Preparation of amidoxime-based PE/PP fibers for extraction of uranium from aqueous solution
- Nuclear Science and Techniques Vol. 30, Issue 2, Article number: 20(2019)
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  1.School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
  2.Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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  Corresponding author, mahongjuan@sinap.ac.cn,
  zhaoxiaoyan@cczu.edu.cn
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- DOI：10.1007/s41365-019-0543-0
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Xiao Xu, Xiao-Jun Ding, Jun-Xuan Ao, et al. Preparation of amidoxime-based PE/PP fibers for extraction of uranium from aqueous solution. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 30(2):20(2019)
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Xiao Xu, Xiao-Jun Ding, Jun-Xuan Ao, et al. Preparation of amidoxime-based PE/PP fibers for extraction of uranium from aqueous solution. [J]. Nuclear Science and Techniques 30(2):20(2019) DOI： 10.1007/s41365-019-0543-0.

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A novel amidoxime-based fibrous adsorbent, denoted as PE/PP-,g,-(PAAc-,co,-PAO), was prepared by pre-irradiation grafting of acrylic acid and acrylonitrile onto polyethylene-coated polypropylene skin-core (PE/PP) fibers using ,60,Co γ-ray irradiation, followed by amidoximation. The original and modified PE/PP fibers were characterized by a series of characterization methods to demonstrate the attachment of amidoxime (AO) groups onto the PE/PP fibers. Breaking strength tests confirmed that the fibrous adsorbent could maintain good mechanical properties. The adsorption capacity of the PE/PP- ,g,-(PAAc-,co,-PAO) fibers was investigated in simulated seawater with an initial uranium concentration of 330 μg/L. The uranium adsorption capacity was 2.27 mg/g-adsorbent after 24 h in simulated seawater, and the equilibrium data were well-described by the Freundlich isotherm model. The PE/PP- ,g,-(PAAc-,co,-PAO) adsorbent exhibited good regeneration and recyclability during five adsorption-desorption cycles. The adsorption test was also performed in simulated radioactive effluents with uranium concentrations of 10 and 100 μg/L. The effect of the pH value on the adsorption capacity was also studied. At a very low initial concentration 10 μg/L solution, the PE/PP- ,g,-(PAAc-,co,-PAO) fiber could remove as much as 93.0% of the uranium, and up to 71.2% of the uranium in the simulated radioactive effluent. These results indicated that the PE/PP-,g,-(PAAc-,co,-PAO) adsorbent could be used in radioactive effluents over a wide range of pH values. Therefore, the PE/PP-,g,-(PAAc-,co,-PAO) fibers, with their high uranium selectivity, good regeneration and recyclability, good mechanical properties, and low cost, are promising adsorbents for extracting uranium from aqueous solutions.

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Amidoxime groupsPre-irradiationPE-coated PP skin-core fiberAdsorptionUranium

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