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Highly efficient adsorptive removal of uranyl ions from aqueous solutions using dicalcium phosphate nanoparticles as a superabsorbent

  • Saghatchi, Hadis (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan) ;
  • Ansari, Reza (Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan) ;
  • Mousavi, H. Zavvar (Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Semnan University)
  • Received : 2018.01.24
  • Accepted : 2018.06.04
  • Published : 2018.10.25
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Abstract

Dicalcium phosphate nanoparticles (DCP-NPs) was synthesized chemically and used for adsorptive removal of uranyl ions from aqueous solutions in a batch system. A commercial grade of DCP (monetite) was also employed for comparison. The synthesized and commercial adsorbents (S-DCP and C-DCP) were characterized by FT-IR, SEM and XRD techniques. The investigation of adsorption isotherms indicated that the maximum adsorption capacities ($q_m$) for C-DCP and S-DCP were 714.3 and $666.7mg\;g^{-1}$ (at 293 K), respectively. The experimental kinetics were well-described by the pseudo-second-order kinetic and the equilibrium data were fitted with both Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models. Thermodynamic studies indicated that the adsorption of uranyl ions on the monetite surface was a spontaneous exothermic process. The exhausted adsorbents could be regenerated by washing with $0.10mol\;L^{-1}$ NaOH.

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