Uranium adsorption

Acrylonitrile fibers treated with hydroxides have been reported to be useful for adsorption of uranium from seawater (105). Tubular fibers for reverse osmosis gas separations, ion exchange, ultrafiltration, and dialysis are a significant new appHcation of acryUc fibers and other synthetics. Commercial acryUc fibers have already been developed by Nippon Zeon, Asahi, and Rhc ne-Poulenc. 

Uranium Purification. Subsequent uranium cycles provide additional separation from residual plutonium and fission products, particularly zirconium— niobium and mthenium (30). This is accompHshed by repeating the extraction/stripping cycle. Decontamination factors greater than 10 at losses of less than 0.1 wt % are routinely attainable. However, mthenium can exist in several valence states simultaneously and can form several nitrosyl—nitrate complexes, some for which are extracted readily by TBP. Under certain conditions, the nitrates of zirconium and niobium form soluble compounds or hydrous coUoids that compHcate the Hquid—Hquid extraction. SiUca-gel adsorption or one of the similar Hquid—soHd techniques may also be used to further purify the product streams. 

After the second extraction/stripping cycle, the plutonium is concentrated by evaporation or by preferential adsorption (qv) on ion-exchange resins. As in the case for uranium, the newer faciHties, such as THORP, use only a single purification step. 

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Robertson [ 57 ] has measured the adsorption of zinc, caesium, strontium, antimony, indium, iron, silver, copper, cobalt, rubidium, scandium, and uranium onto glass and polyethylene containers. Radioactive forms of these elements were added to samples of seawater, the samples were adjusted to the original pH of 8.0, and aliquots were poured into polyethylene bottles, Pyrex-glass bottles and polyethylene bottles contained 1 ml concentrated hydrochloric acid to bring the pH to about 1.5. Adsorption on the containers was observed for storage periods of up to 75 d with the use of a Nal(Tl) well crystal. Negligible adsorption on all containers was registered for zinc, caesium, strontium, and... 

Cathodic stripping voltammetry has been used [807] to determine lead, cadmium, copper, zinc, uranium, vanadium, molybdenum, nickel, and cobalt in water, with great sensitivity and specificity, allowing study of metal specia-tion directly in the unaltered sample. The technique used preconcentration of the metal at a higher oxidation state by adsorption of certain surface-active complexes, after which its concentration was determined by reduction. The reaction mechanisms, effect of variation of the adsorption potential, maximal adsorption capacity of the hanging mercury drop electrode, and possible interferences are discussed. 

Chloroform extraction of uranium quinoline complex Uranium adsorbed as azide on basic ion exchange column, uranium desorbed with 1 M hydrochloric acid Uranium adsorbed on bismuthol(II) modified anion exchange resin, desorbed with 0.1 M cysteine Uranium, by square wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry... 

Uranium coprecipitated with aluminium phosphate, precipitate dissolved in nitric acid Adsorption onto colloidal ferric hydroxide... 

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Geochemical detection of uranium deposits in sandstone-type deposits depends on the geochemical behavior of U and pathfinder elements (Rose Wright 1980). Uranium is dispersed under oxidizing conditions but is immobile under reducing conditions. Adsorption on freshly precipitated Fe-oxides and certain types of organic matter also limits dispersion unless high concentrations of or... 

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