From phosphate rocks to uranium raw materials: hybrid materials designed for selective separation of uranium from phosphoric acid

• Published in: RSC advances Vol. 4; no. 109; pp. 64138 - 64141
• Main Authors: Charlot, A., Mourabit, S. El, Goettmann, F., Arrachart, G., Turgis, R., Grandjean, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Carbon; Chemical Sciences; Ligands; Materials selection; Phosphoric acid; Porosity; Raw materials; Rocks; Uranium

Innovative hybrid materials with high capacities to selectively extract uranium ions from phosphoric acid media were developed by grafting phosphorous-based ligands within the pores of mesoporous silica (SBA15) or mesoporous carbon (CMK3).