This study focuses on the synthesis and modification of mesoporous alumina monoliths in order to be used as a highly sensitive separating material for extraction of both U(IV) and Th (IV) ions selectively from real leach liquors. The adsorbent is prepared through functional immobilization of alumina with 2-Amino-1-thia-3,4-diazole. TEM, N 2 adsorption/desorption isotherm, TGA, and elemental analysis were carried out to demonstrate the fabricated mesoporous adsorbent. The optimum adsorption conditions such as pH, time, and initial concentrations were investigated to study the adsorption behavior of the modified alumina for U(VI) and Th(IV). The obtained results demonstrate that, the adsorbent allow extremely efficient adsorption for U (VI) and Th(IV) ions at different pHs from the real matrix (Abu Rusheid, Egypt). The adsorption efficiencies of thorium and uranium are 80 and 85 % respectively. The loaded thorium is eluted firstly by 6M HCl then loaded uranium is eluted by 2 M HNO 3. Moreover, the present study proved that for the separation of U (VI) and Th (IV) from sulfuric acid from Abu Rusheid leach liquor, alumina-ATDZ material should be used in about 3 stages of sequential separation.
To determine the optimum leaching conditions controlling the leaching of petroleum ash residues, the theoretical thermodynamics factors were firstly deduced using the computer program HSC chemistry 5.1. The factors affecting the leaching efficiency, such as the acid type and concentration, helper leaching agent type and amount, leaching temperature, agitation time, solid/liquid ratio, and the effect of grain size, were studied. When applying these optimum leaching conditions more than 95.9, 98.9, 97.1, 97.8, 96.5 and 97.1% of Hf, Zr, U, V, Ni and Fe contents was leached respectively.
We investigated the optimum adsorption conditions of uranium, hafnium and zirconium elements from petroleum fly ash leach liquor using Dowex 1×8 as a strong basic anion exchange.
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