Fe3O4-loaded ion exchange resin composites (Fe3O4@Resin) were optimally
constructed through ion exchange and co-precipitation of Fe2+ and Fe3+
on strong acid ion exchange resin. The as-synthesized Fe3O4@Resin
composite was sophisticatedly characterized and investigated for 10B/11B
separation including effect of pH, kinetics and isotherms through batch
adsorption experiments which can be well described by pseudo-second
order kinetics and Langmuir model. In the chromatographic column packed
with Fe3O4@Resin, 10B was selectively retained with a high dynamic
separation factor of 1.312. Considering the consistency between
simulated and experimental breakthrough curves within Fe3O4@Resin packed
column, chromatographic 10B/11B separation performance was simulated
under various conditions which were further optimized by Box-Behnken
design. Consequently, the annual yield of 10B reached the maximum of 612
g with feed concentration of 7.567 g·L−1, flow rate of 38.57 mL·min−1,
and column size of 2.2×45 cm (I.D. × length). In addition, five-cycle
adsorption/regeneration experiments demonstrated its merit of
reusability.
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