E. Piron et al., INTERACTION BETWEEN CHITOSAN AND URANYL IONS - ROLE OF PHYSICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS ON THE KINETICS OF SORPTION, Langmuir, 13(6), 1997, pp. 1653-1658
This work corresponds to the first part of our studies on the interact
ions between chitosan particles dispersed in water and uranyl ions. Th
e measurements were obtained by ICP, and we considered the role of var
ious physical and physicochemical parameters related to chitosan. We s
howed that the crystallinity, the particle dimensions, and the swellin
g in water of chitosan are parameters which are connected together and
govern the kinetic laws of metal diffusion and sorption. The molecula
r mobility of the polymer chains is then the essential parameter.