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Removal of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution using citric acid modified pine sawdust: batch and column studies

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This study described adsorption of uranium(VI) by citric acid modified pine sawdust (CAMPS) in batch and fixed-bed column modes at 295 K. The equilibrium adsorption data were analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich, Koble–Corrigan and Dubinin–Radushkevich isotherm models. The results indicated that the Langmuir and Koble–Corrigan models provided the best correlation of the experimental data. The Elovish model was better to fit the kinetic process, which suggested that ion exchange was one of main mechanism. The effective diffusion parameter D i values indicated that the intraparticle diffusion was not the rate-controlling step. In fixed-bed column adsorption, the effects of bed height, feed flow rate, and inlet uranium (VI) concentration were studied by assessing breakthrough curve. The Thomas, the Yan and the bed-depth/service time (BDST) models were applied to the column experimental data to determine the characteristic parameters of the column adsorption. The results were implied that CAMPS may be suitable as an adsorbent material for adsorption of uranium (VI) from an aqueous solution.

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This study was supported by the Education Department of Henan Province in China (No. 2010A610003) and Henan Science and Technology Department in China (No. 102102210103).

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Zou, W., Zhao, L. Removal of uranium(VI) from aqueous solution using citric acid modified pine sawdust: batch and column studies. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 292, 585–595 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1452-9

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