Synthesis of β-cyclodextrin derivatives and their selective separation behaviors for U(VI) in solution

• Published in: Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 326; no. 1; pp. 719 - 736
• Main Authors: Bi, Lei, Ma, Jiaju, Niu, Zhiwei, Duan, Guojian, Lei, Zhiwei, Wu, Rong, Hu, Peizhuo, Qian, Lijuan, Wu, Wangsuo, Liu, Tonghuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.10.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Block copolymers; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Citric acid; Crosslinking; Cyclodextrins; Derivatives; Diagnostic Radiology; Functional materials; Hadrons; Heavy Ions; Inorganic Chemistry; Ions; Nuclear Chemistry; Nuclear Physics; Physical Chemistry; Selective adsorption; Terpolymers; β-Cyclodextrin; Uranium; Amidoximation; Adsorption; Acrylic acid
• ISSN: 0236-5731; 1588-2780
• DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07343-x

In this study, four functional β-cyclodextrin derivatives including amidoxime linear-linked and cross-linked β-cyclodextrin/acrylonitrile/acrylic terpolymer (l-CD-AO-AA and c-CD-AO-AA), citric acid cross-linked poly-β-cyclodextrin (PCD), amidoxime cross-linked β-cyclodextrin and acrylonitrile–acrylic block copolymer (CD-b-AO-AA) were synthesized and properties of β-CD derivatives were characterized by FT-IR, SEM, TGA and element analysis. The effect of solid liquid ratio of the adsorbents, ionic strength, pH, contact time, initial concentration of U(VI), adsorption temperature, selective adsorption for different metal ions and the reasonable desorption conditions were studied. It was found when content of U(VI) was 22 mg/L, the four functional materials l-CD-AO-AA, c-CD-AO-AA, PCD and CD-AO-b-AA completely adsorbed U(VI) at 0.06 g/L ( R  ≈ 97%), 0.10 g/L ( R  ≈ 96%), 0.08 g/L ( R  ≈ 94%) and 0.52 g/L ( R  ≈ 94%), respectively.