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Adsorption of Uranium from Aqueous Solutions by Expanded Perlite

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The uranium removal from radioactive liquid waste using expanded perlite (EP) was studied. The influence of the contact time, solution pH, initial uranium concentration, sorption temperature, and mass/ volume ratio on the uranium sorption was examined. The theoretical capacity of EP adsorbent is about 95 mg g−1. About 90% of the loaded U(VI) can be eluted with 1 M HNO3.

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Hussein, A.E.M., Youssef, W.M. & El-Sheikh, A.S. Adsorption of Uranium from Aqueous Solutions by Expanded Perlite. Radiochemistry 61, 592–597 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1066362219050114

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