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Kinetics of uranium adsorption from sulfate medium by a commercial anion exchanger modified with quinoline and silicate

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Quinoline Silicate Lewatit Composite and activated Lewatit were prepared and tested for uranium removal from sulfate solution. Uranium sorption capabilities of the tested adsorbents was estimated under different conditions; uranium initial concentration, pH, contact time, temperature, adsorbent dose and interfering ions. Experimental data obeyed Langmuir isotherm model with 69.44 mg/g and 217.39 mg/g theoretical capacity for AL and QSLC, respectively. Thermodynamic studies indicated an exothermic behavior with a decrease in randomness. Kinetics studies showed that the adsorption process obeyed pseudo-second order model. Optimum conditions were carried out for uranium recovery from a rock sample, producing uranium concentrate with 93.33% purity.

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Ahmad, A.A. Kinetics of uranium adsorption from sulfate medium by a commercial anion exchanger modified with quinoline and silicate. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 324, 1387–1403 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07169-7

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