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Title: Temperature Dependence of Uranium and Vanadium Adsorption on Amidoxime-Based Adsorbents in Natural Seawater

Journal Article · · Chemistry Select
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Marine Sciences Laboratory
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
  4. Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States). Department of Chemistry
  5. University of Miami, FL (United States). Rosensteil School of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry
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Recent advances in the development of amidoxime-based adsorbents have made it highly promising for seawater uranium extraction. However, there is a great need to understand the influence of temperature on the uranium sequestration performance of the adsorbents in natural seawater. Here in this work, the apparent enthalpy and entropy of the sorption of uranium (VI) and vanadium (V) with amidoxime-based adsorbents were determined in natural seawater tests at 8, 20, and 31 °C that cover a broad range of ambient seawater temperature. The sorption of U was highly endothermic, producing apparent enthalpies of 57 ± 6.0 and 59 ± 11 kJ mol-1 and apparent entropies of 314 ± 21 and 320 ± 36 J K-1 mol-1, respectively, for two adsorbent formulations. In contrast, the sorption of V showed a much smaller temperature sensitivity, producing apparent enthalpies of 6.1 ± 5.9 and -11 ± 5.7 kJ mol-1 and apparent entropies of 164 ± 20 and 103 ± 19 J K-1 mol-1, respectively. This new thermodynamic information suggests that amidoxime-based adsorbents will deliver significantly increased U adsorption capacities and improved selectivity in warmer waters. A separate field study of seawater uranium adsorption conducted in a warm seawater site (Miami, FL, USA) confirm the observed strong temperature effect on seawater uranium mining. Lastly, this strong temperature dependence demonstrates that the warmer the seawater where the amidoxime-based adsorbents are deployed the greater the yield for seawater uranium extraction.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1422590
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1417215
Journal Information:
Chemistry Select, Vol. 3, Issue 2; ISSN 2365-6549
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 28 works
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