{"title":"Self-assembled fabrication of robust and durable graphene-based composite aerogel for selective uranium capture","authors":"Xipeng Chao, Xiaoying Cui, Ke Zhao, Fangfei Song, Hanyu Chen, Qing Zhao, Baozhong Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09654-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09654-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work successfully prepared a graphene/carboxymethyl cellulose/poly(amidoxime) aerogel named GCPA for uranium capture. Excitingly, GCPA exhibits superb mechanical properties (320 kPa). Additionally, the adsorption rate of GCPA remained above 90% even after 6 adsorption–desorption cycles. The results of the adsorption mechanism analysis show that GCPA adsorbed uranium mainly through electrostatic attraction, intraparticle diffusion, and coordination. It is worth mentioning that GCPA maintains good adsorption capacity for uranium in weakly alkaline environments. And GCPA has exceptional selectivity for uranium even in the presence of competing ions. Results show that GCPA is expected to be utilized in uranium extraction from natural seawater.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 10","pages":"5057 - 5074"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141929425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhizhong Sun, Zisheng Geng, Yunming Chen, Haijun Wang, Keyu Luo, Yu Deng, Lei Wang, Ning Luo, Jinsong Zhang
{"title":"Fuel precipitation research on a homogeneous aqueous solution nuclear reactor","authors":"Zhizhong Sun, Zisheng Geng, Yunming Chen, Haijun Wang, Keyu Luo, Yu Deng, Lei Wang, Ning Luo, Jinsong Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09653-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09653-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Homogeneous aqueous solution nuclear reactors have many advantages in the production of medical isotopes. However, the fuel precipitation problem must be addressed in transitioning the technology from research to a commercial industrial environment. The turbidity value can indirectly reflect the amount of precipitation in the fuel solution. This article systematically measured the turbidity values of fuel solutions under different nitric acid concentrations, temperatures and uranium concentrations, and studied their effects on the precipitate formation of uranyl nitrate fuel, provided some help for understanding the fuel properties of homogeneous aqueous solution nuclear reactor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 10","pages":"4787 - 4789"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141927802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: The effective role of a natural pigment extracted from carrots and its applications in dosimetry","authors":"S. M. Gafar, H. H. El-Tokhy","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09664-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-024-09664-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Moubarak A. Sayed, Mohamed I. Aly, Sahar I. El-Dessouky, Emad H. Borai
{"title":"Separation feasibility of Cs(I), Sr(II) and Y(III) adsorbed by silica polystyrene impregnated with Aliquat-336","authors":"Moubarak A. Sayed, Mohamed I. Aly, Sahar I. El-Dessouky, Emad H. Borai","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09617-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09617-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The adsorption of Cs(I), Sr(II) and Y(III) from aqueous solutions using silica polystyrene (SPS) impregnated with Aliquat-336 (A-336) and Theonyl triflouroacetone (HTTA) was investigated. The synthesized materials; SPS, A-336@SPS and HTTA@SPS were characterized using FTIR, XRD and SEM. The order of adsorption capacity is Cs(I)>Sr(II)>Y(III). The adsorption capacity (q<sub>e</sub>) for Cs(I), Sr(II) and Y(III) was found to be 2.3, 0.75 and 0.55 mg/g, respectively. The maximum separation factor of SF(Cs/Sr), SF(Cs/Y) and SF(Sr/Y) was 16.01, 29.32, and 1.83, respectively. The selective adsorption of Cs(I) by A-336@SPS is attributed to the formation of strong complex between nitrogen atom of A-336@SPS and Cs(I).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 10","pages":"4811 - 4823"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient adsorption of thorium and cerium from Rosetta monazite concentrate using a novel phosphorylated Schiff-base adsorbent","authors":"Mohamed A. Gado","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09667-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09667-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>(Pyridine-2,5-diylbis(azaneylylidene)) bis-(methaneylylidene)) bis(benzene-5,1,3-triyl) tetrakis (hydrogen phosphonate) (PZMB) was successfully synthesized for Th(IV) and Ce(IV) adsorption, the adsorption parameters evaluated and found to be pH 3.5, time 60 min, dose 0.15 g. Adsorption kinetics, isotherm, and thermodynamics studies. Adsorption kinetics studies show that adsorbent follow pseudo-second-order model while isotherm studies conclude that adsorption processes fitted Langmuir and D-R isotherm model. The maximum adsorption capacity of BZMB of Th(IV) and Ce(IV) are 366.4 and 244.53 mg/g respectively, Thermodynamic studies indicate both adsorption processes exhibited by the PZMB were endothermic, spontaneous and sorption occurs in a random manner.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 10","pages":"5025 - 5048"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10967-024-09667-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pingping Huang, Zhijie He, Yupeng Xie, Yuzhen Mai, Mingfeng Chen, Zhitao Hu
{"title":"Co-immobilization of strontium and cesium in Sr-feldspar-pollucite composite phase ceramics derived from geopolymer by microwave sintering","authors":"Pingping Huang, Zhijie He, Yupeng Xie, Yuzhen Mai, Mingfeng Chen, Zhitao Hu","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09666-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09666-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The ceramic products derived from cesium-strontium co-doped geopolymers ((Cs, Sr)-GP) have been synthesized by microwave sintering to realize the co-immobilization of Cs and Sr. Results show that (Cs, Sr)-GP with various Cs/Sr ratios (2–4) form Sr-feldspar-pollucite composite ceramic, the formation temperatures of monoclinic Sr-feldspar decrease from 1000 ℃ (for Sr-GP) to 800 ℃ (for (Cs, Sr)-GP) with Cs addition. The ceramic product heat treated from the (4Cs, Sr)-GP at 1000 ℃ has a high crystalline and optimal leaching resistance, is considered as an ideal host to immobilization the real fission products containing Cs and Sr.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 10","pages":"4983 - 4993"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141938902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polyamidoxime and graphene oxide synergistically stabilized foam decontaminant for removal of radioactive surface contaminants","authors":"Sijie Lei, Xiaoyan Lin, Qiang Han","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09634-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09634-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, polyacrylonitrile was modified to polyamidoxime to enhance foam stabilization and decontamination rate. Polyamidoxime was combined with graphene oxide, 1 wt% of saponins, and 1 wt% of alkyl glycosides to formulate the PAO/GO foam decontaminant. The outcomes demonstrated resulted in the half-life of the foam extending from 32 to 308 min. The PAO/GO foam decontaminant displayed α-ray decontamination rates of 93.30%, 98.34%, and 99.81% on stainless steel, tile, and glass surfaces. Hence, the dual functional PAO/GO in stabilizing foam while enhancing decontamination rates underscores its potential for radioactive decontamination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 11","pages":"5747 - 5760"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141939142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on Co2+ adsorption properties of β-cyclodextrin/graphene based on comprehensive experiments and theoretical calculation","authors":"Ping Bao, Xiaowei Wang, Jinfeng Men, Zhilin Hu","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09668-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09668-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to effectively remove Co<sup>2+</sup> from radioactive wastewater, β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide (β-CD/GO) was synthesized. The factors affecting the adsorption of Co<sup>2+</sup>in water were determined by static adsorption experiments, and the synthesis and adsorption mechanism of the materials were discussed by using Density Functional Theory (DFT). The results show that β-CD and GO are mainly bonded by ester group and hydrogen bond, the adsorption of Co<sup>2+</sup> by β-CD/GO belongs to single molecular layer chemisorption, and the intramolecular diffusion is the main factor of affecting the adsorption rate. The adsorption capacity of Co<sup>2+</sup> can reach 95.83 mg/g under appropriate conditions, but it will be affected by interference ions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 9","pages":"4543 - 4558"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141887370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lukas-Morris Schramm, Markus Nemetz, Franz Renz, Bin Feng, Georg Steinhauser
{"title":"Experimental validation of the neutron flux suppression in samples with high manganese content in instrumental neutron activation analysis","authors":"Lukas-Morris Schramm, Markus Nemetz, Franz Renz, Bin Feng, Georg Steinhauser","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09671-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-024-09671-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) relies on constant neutron flux densities throughout the activated samples. Although this concept is true for most typical samples, occasionally, the presence of highly neutron absorbing nuclides in the sample may cause a neutron flux density suppression which would ultimately lead to distorted results in the INAA. Here, we have investigated artificial samples with a high manganese (Mn) content. By adding aqueous gold solution, we introduced a liquid in-situ neutron flux monitor into the sample. An Mn content ≤ 50% shows little effect to the internal neutron flux density, however, the flux can be suppressed by ca. 20% when the Mn content reaches 63.2%.</p>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141887298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saber Ibrahim Moussa, Gehan Abdel Rahman Sadek Dakroury, Ehab Abu El Soud Abdel Halim El Shazly
{"title":"Evaluation of Fe-doped calcium phosphate for 65Zn sorption","authors":"Saber Ibrahim Moussa, Gehan Abdel Rahman Sadek Dakroury, Ehab Abu El Soud Abdel Halim El Shazly","doi":"10.1007/s10967-024-09625-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10967-024-09625-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><sup>65</sup>Zn, a fission product found in cooling water reactors, poses significant environmental risks due to its toxicity. This study explores the use of Ca–Fe<sup>2+</sup> phosphate (SB1) and Ca–Fe<sup>3+</sup> phosphate (SB2) as sorbents for Zn(II), prepared via the wet chemical method. The Zn(II) solution, spiked with <sup>65</sup>Zn radionuclides, was analyzed radiometrically. Optimal sorption conditions were determined to be pH 4.5, a contact time of 24 h, and a sorbate volume to sorbent mass ratio of 1:10 at 20 °C. The <i>Langmuir</i> isotherm model best fit the adsorption data, indicating monolayer adsorption capacities of 0.574 mmol g<sup>−1</sup> for SB1 and 0.621 mmol g<sup>−1</sup> for SB2. Sorption kinetics followed a quasi-n<sup>th</sup>-order model. Furthermore, 0.1 M FeCl<sub>3</sub> effectively desorbed 99% of Zn(II) from both sorbents. The sorption process was found to be spontaneous and endothermic. These findings suggest that SB1 and SB2 have potential applications in recycling Zn(II) from the black mass of expired batteries.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":661,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry","volume":"333 9","pages":"4575 - 4590"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10967-024-09625-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141886380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}