Highly efficient extraction of uranium from aqueous solution using imidazole functionalized core–shell sunflower-like superparamagnetic polymer microspheres: understanding adsorption and binding mechanisms
Dingzhong Yuan, Jizhou Zhao, Qinghua Zhang, Peng Lu, Yun Wang, Yan He, Zhirong Liu, Yan Liu, Xiaohong Zhao, Cheng Meng
Abstract
The core–shell sunflower-like magnetic polymer adsorbent Fe 3 O 4 /P (MBA-VIM) prepared by distillation–precipitation polymerization not only showed an outstanding adsorption efficiency for uranium, but also could be facilely isolated by using magnetic force.
Topics & Concepts
AdsorptionAqueous solutionImidazolePolymerSuperparamagnetismUraniumExtraction (chemistry)Chemical engineeringPrecipitation polymerizationMaterials scienceSunflowerPrecipitationShell (structure)PolymerizationNuclear chemistryPolymer chemistryChemistryChromatographyOrganic chemistryRadical polymerizationMagnetic fieldMetallurgyComposite materialMagnetizationCombinatoricsMathematicsEngineeringPhysicsQuantum mechanicsMeteorologyRadioactive element chemistry and processingChemical Synthesis and CharacterizationLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes