Citation: Chuanying Liu, Jianhui Lan, Qibin Yan, Zhipeng Wang, Chao Xu, Weiqun Shi, Chengliang Xiao. Temperature-responsive alkaline aqueous biphasic system for radioactive wastewater treatment[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2022, 33(7): 3561-3564. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.02.024 shu

Temperature-responsive alkaline aqueous biphasic system for radioactive wastewater treatment

Chuanying Liu ^{a, b, 1} ,
Jianhui Lan ^{c, 1} ,
Qibin Yan ^a ,
Zhipeng Wang ^d ,
Chao Xu ^d ,
Weiqun Shi ^{c, *,} ,
Chengliang Xiao ^{a, b, *,}

a.
College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
b.
Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Quzhou 324000, China
c.
Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
d.
Institute of Nuclear & New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

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shiwq@ihep.ac.cn

xiaoc@zju.edu.cn

Received Date: 24 November 2021
Revised Date: 8 February 2022
Accepted Date: 9 February 2022
Available Online: 15 February 2022

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The treatment of anionic ⁹⁹TcO₄^- in the waste tank with high alkalinity is still very challenging. In this work, a new temperature-responsive alkaline aqueous biphasic system (ABS) based on (tri-n-butyl)-n-tetradecyl phosphonium chloride (P₄₄₄₁₄Cl) was developed to remove radioactive ⁹⁹TcO₄^-. The phase transition mechanism was studied by cloud point titration, small-angel X-ray scattering, dynamic light scattering, and molecular dynamic simulations. As the NaOH concentration or temperature increased, the P₄₄₄₁₄⁺ micelle could grow and aggregate. This micelle showed a particularly high affinity toward ReO₄^-/⁹⁹TcO₄^- compared to other competing anions and could directly extract more than 98.6% of ⁹⁹TcO₄^- from simulated radioactive tank waste supernatant. Furthermore, the loaded ⁹⁹TcO₄^- could be easily stripped by using concentrated nitric acid rather than metal salt-based reductants. This work clearly demonstrates that the alkaline ABS is a promising separation system for solving the technetium problem in the alkaline waste tank.
- Pertechnetate,
- Ionic liquid,
- Nuclear waste,
- Aqueous biphasic system,
- Sustainable chemistry
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