Citation: Jingyi Wang, Wanqiang Zhou, Yanlin Shi, Yao Li, Dongfan Xian, Ning Guo, Chunli Liu. Uranium sorption on oxyhydroxide minerals by surface complexation and precipitation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(7): 3461-3467. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.01.019 shu

Uranium sorption on oxyhydroxide minerals by surface complexation and precipitation

Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Fundamental Science Laboratory on Radiochemistry and Radiation Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

liucl@pku.edu.cn

Received Date: 6 September 2021
Revised Date: 29 December 2021
Accepted Date: 10 January 2022
Available Online: 15 January 2022

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During the chemical weathering of the uranium mill tailings, released uranium could be immobilized by the newly formed secondary minerals such as oxyhydroxides. A deeper understanding of the interaction between uranium and common oxyhydroxides under environmental conditions is necessary. In this work, uranium sorption behaviors on Al-, Mn- and Fe-oxyhydroxide minerals (boehmite, manganite, goethite, and lepidocrocite) were investigated by batch experiments. Results showed that the uranium sorption on Al-oxyhydroxide behaved significantly differently from the other three minerals. The sorption edge of the Mn- and Fe-oxyhydroxides located around pH 5, while the sorption edge of boehmite shifted about 1.5 pH unit to near neutral. The sorption isotherms of uranium on manganite, goethite and lepidocrocite at pH 5.0 could be well fitted by the Langmuir model. Instead of surface complexation, sorption on boehmite happened mainly by uranium-bearing carbonates and hydroxides precipitation as illustrated by the characterization results. Both carbonate and phosphate strongly affected the uranium sorption behavior. The removal efficiency of uranium by boehmite exceeded 98% after three sorption-desorption cycles, indicating it may be a potential material for uranium removal and recovery.
- Uranium mill tailings,
- Oxyhydroxides,
- Uranium sorption,
- Surface complexation,
- Surface precipitation
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