Converting acrylic fibers to amidoxime-carboxylate containing polymer adsorbents for sequestering uranium and other elements from water

Wai, Chien M.; Pan, Horng-Bin; Gill, Gary A.; Kuo, Li-Jung

Title: Converting acrylic fibers to amidoxime-carboxylate containing polymer adsorbents for sequestering uranium and other elements from water

Abstract

A fiber comprising a carbon chain backbone and amidoxime, carboxylate, and nitrile pendant groups. The fiber may be used for removing uranium from seawater and toxic metals from drinking water.

Inventors:: Wai, Chien M.; Pan, Horng-Bin; Gill, Gary A.; Kuo, Li-Jung

Issue Date:: 2020-02-25

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1632601

Patent Number(s):: 10570027

Application Number:: 15/179,766

Assignee:: Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA); University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS

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C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2103/20 - from animal husbandry
C02F1/285 - {using synthetic organic sorbents}

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS
C08F8/12 - Hydrolysis
C08F8/30 - Introducing nitrogen atoms or nitrogen-containing groups

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2103/08 - Seawater, e.g. for desalination

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J20/28033 - {Membrane, sheet, cloth, pad, lamellar or mat}
B01J20/28023 - {Fibres or filaments

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2101/006 - {Radioactive compounds}

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS
C08F220/44 - Acrylonitrile

C - CHEMISTRY C02 - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE C02F - TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
C02F2101/10 - Inorganic compounds

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
B01J20/264 - {derived from different types of monomers, e.g. linear or branched copolymers, block copolymers, graft copolymers}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 06/10/2016

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS

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                    Wai, Chien M., Pan, Horng-Bin, Gill, Gary A., and Kuo, Li-Jung. Converting acrylic fibers to amidoxime-carboxylate containing polymer adsorbents for sequestering uranium and other elements from water.  United States: N. p., 2020. 
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                    Wai, Chien M., Pan, Horng-Bin, Gill, Gary A., & Kuo, Li-Jung. Converting acrylic fibers to amidoxime-carboxylate containing polymer adsorbents for sequestering uranium and other elements from water.  United States.

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                    Wai, Chien M., Pan, Horng-Bin, Gill, Gary A., and Kuo, Li-Jung. Tue .  
        "Converting acrylic fibers to amidoxime-carboxylate containing polymer adsorbents for sequestering uranium and other elements from water".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1632601.

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  abstractNote = {A fiber comprising a carbon chain backbone and amidoxime, carboxylate, and nitrile pendant groups. The fiber may be used for removing uranium from seawater and toxic metals from drinking water.},

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