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Effect of pH, fulvic acid and temperature on sorption of Th(IV) on zirconium oxophosphate

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Sorption of Th(IV) on Zr2O(PO4)2 as a function of contact time, reaction temperature, pH, ionic strength and solid-to-liquid ratio (m/V) is studied under ambient condition by using batch technique. Effects of fulvic acid (FA), phosphate, sulfate and citrate on Th(IV) sorption are investigated in detail. A pseudo-second-order rate equation is used to simulate the kinetic sorption. The removal of Th(IV) increases with increasing pH and hardly depends on ionic strength. Sorption of Th(IV) increases with increasing m/V and reaction temperature. The presence of FA and phosphate enhances the sorption of Th(IV) on Zr2O(PO4)2 while sulfate and citrate decrease the sorption. The Langmuir and Freundlich models are used to simulate the sorption isotherm of Th(IV) on Zr2O(PO4)2 at different temperatures. The thermodynamic data (i.e., ∆H 0, ∆S 0, ∆G 0) are calculated from temperature dependent sorption isotherms. The results suggest that the sorption process of Th(IV) on Zr2O(PO4)2 is spontaneous and endothermic.

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Financial support from National Natural Science Foundation of China (20871062, J0630962) was acknowledged.

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    Qian Lijuan, Zhao Jianing, Hu Peizhuo, Geng Yanxia & Wu Wangsuo

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Lijuan, Q., Jianing, Z., Peizhuo, H. et al. Effect of pH, fulvic acid and temperature on sorption of Th(IV) on zirconium oxophosphate. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 283, 653–660 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-009-0428-5

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