TY - JOUR
T1 - Polymer Inclusion Membrane Containing a Tripodal Diglycolamide Ligand: Actinide Ion Uptake and Transport Studies
AU - Mahanty, B.
AU - Mohapatra, P.K.
AU - Raut, D.R.
AU - Das, D.K.
AU - Behere, P.G.
AU - Afzal, M.
AU - Verboom, Willem
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - A cellulose triacetate (CTA)-based polymer inclusion membrane (PIM) containing a C-pivot tripodal diglycolamide (T-DGA) as the carrier extractant and 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE) as the plasticizer shows potential for the uptake of actinides from acidic feed solutions. The uptake of actinides (Am3+, Pu4+, Th4+, UO22+) was studied at 1 M HNO3 with PIMs containing 25.6% T-DGA, 53.9% NPOE, and 20.5% CTA. The metal ion uptake followed the trend: Pu4+ > Am3+ > Th4+ > UO22+, which was in synch with the trend reported previously with PIMs containing N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(2-ethylhexyl) diglycolamide (T2EHDGA) as the carrier. The sorbed actinide ion could be desorbed from the PIMs using a solution of α-hydroxy-iso-butyric acid (AHIBA). Transport studies carried out with 1 M HNO3 as the feed and 1 M AHIBA (at pH 3.0) as the receiver phase showed the trend: Am3+ > Pu4+ > Th4+ > UO22+, which was different than that observed from the uptake studies. Membrane stability was found to be reasonably good.
AB - A cellulose triacetate (CTA)-based polymer inclusion membrane (PIM) containing a C-pivot tripodal diglycolamide (T-DGA) as the carrier extractant and 2-nitrophenyl octyl ether (NPOE) as the plasticizer shows potential for the uptake of actinides from acidic feed solutions. The uptake of actinides (Am3+, Pu4+, Th4+, UO22+) was studied at 1 M HNO3 with PIMs containing 25.6% T-DGA, 53.9% NPOE, and 20.5% CTA. The metal ion uptake followed the trend: Pu4+ > Am3+ > Th4+ > UO22+, which was in synch with the trend reported previously with PIMs containing N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis(2-ethylhexyl) diglycolamide (T2EHDGA) as the carrier. The sorbed actinide ion could be desorbed from the PIMs using a solution of α-hydroxy-iso-butyric acid (AHIBA). Transport studies carried out with 1 M HNO3 as the feed and 1 M AHIBA (at pH 3.0) as the receiver phase showed the trend: Am3+ > Pu4+ > Th4+ > UO22+, which was different than that observed from the uptake studies. Membrane stability was found to be reasonably good.
KW - METIS-320680
KW - IR-103897
U2 - 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b04621
DO - 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b04621
M3 - Article
VL - 55
SP - 2202
EP - 2209
JO - Industrial and engineering chemistry research
JF - Industrial and engineering chemistry research
SN - 0888-5885
IS - 7
ER -