Impact of pore size on the sorption of uranyl under seawater conditions
Abstract
The extraction of uranium from seawater has received significant interest recently, because of the possibility of a near-limitless supply of uranium to fuel the nuclear power industry. While sorbent development has focused primarily on polymeric sorbents, nanomaterials represent a new area that has the potential to surpass the current polymeric sorbents, because of the high surface areas that are possible. Mesoporous carbon materials are a stable, high-surface-area material capable of extracting various chemical species from a variety of environments. Herein, we report the use of a dual templating process to understand the effect of pore size on the adsorption of uranyl ions from a uranyl brine consisting of seawater-relevant sodium, chloride, and bicarbonate ions. It was found that pore size played a more significant role in the effective use of the grafted polymer, leading to higher uranium capacities than the surface area. Furthermore, the pore size must be tailored to meet the demands of the extraction medium and analyte metal to achieve efficacy as an adsorbent.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1252156
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0888-5885
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES; amidoxime; mesoporous carbon; hierarchical pores; uranium; seawater
Citation Formats
Mayes, Richard T., Gorka, Joanna, and Dai, Sheng. Impact of pore size on the sorption of uranyl under seawater conditions. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03698.
Mayes, Richard T., Gorka, Joanna, & Dai, Sheng. Impact of pore size on the sorption of uranyl under seawater conditions. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03698
Mayes, Richard T., Gorka, Joanna, and Dai, Sheng. Tue .
"Impact of pore size on the sorption of uranyl under seawater conditions". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03698. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252156.
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title = {Impact of pore size on the sorption of uranyl under seawater conditions},
author = {Mayes, Richard T. and Gorka, Joanna and Dai, Sheng},
abstractNote = {The extraction of uranium from seawater has received significant interest recently, because of the possibility of a near-limitless supply of uranium to fuel the nuclear power industry. While sorbent development has focused primarily on polymeric sorbents, nanomaterials represent a new area that has the potential to surpass the current polymeric sorbents, because of the high surface areas that are possible. Mesoporous carbon materials are a stable, high-surface-area material capable of extracting various chemical species from a variety of environments. Herein, we report the use of a dual templating process to understand the effect of pore size on the adsorption of uranyl ions from a uranyl brine consisting of seawater-relevant sodium, chloride, and bicarbonate ions. It was found that pore size played a more significant role in the effective use of the grafted polymer, leading to higher uranium capacities than the surface area. Furthermore, the pore size must be tailored to meet the demands of the extraction medium and analyte metal to achieve efficacy as an adsorbent.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03698},
journal = {Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research},
number = 15,
volume = 55,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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