EXTRACTION OF URANIUM FROM AQUEOUS-SOLUTION BY PHOSPHONIC ACID IMBEDDED POLYMETHANE FOAM

Authors
KATRAGADDA S GESSER HD CHOW A
Citation
S. Katragadda et al., EXTRACTION OF URANIUM FROM AQUEOUS-SOLUTION BY PHOSPHONIC ACID IMBEDDED POLYMETHANE FOAM, Talanta, 44(10), 1997, pp. 1865-1871
Citations number
22
Journal title
Talanta
ISSN journal
00399140 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1865 - 1871
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-9140(1997)44:10<1865:EOUFAB>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Phenylphosphonic acid was imbedded into the matrix of the polyurethane foam during the fabrication process of the polymer. The extraction of uranium by phosphonic acid-imbedded polyurethane foam and blank polyu rethane (i.e., foam without phosphonic acid functional groups) was inv estigated. Phosphonic acid-imbedded foam showed superior extractabilit y of uranium from solutions with pH = 7.0 +/- 1.5 over a wide range of temperature. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.