Highly efficient removal of uranium (VI) from aqueous solutions using poly(acrylic acid)-functionalized microspheres

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-62

  Zhang, Shuang ^a,b   Shu, Xiaowen ^a,b   Zhou, Yuan ^a,b   Huang, Li ^a,b   Hua, Daoben ^a,b,c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c School of Radiation Medicine and Interdisciplinary Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Colloidal particles; Poly(acrylic acid); Uranium (VI)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DYES; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; HEALTH RISKS; IONS; MICROSPHERES; STYRENE; URANIUM; URANIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIA; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84901633157     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.036     Document Type: Article

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