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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2020.103932
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Biochar; Uranium; Sorption; Spectroscopic studies; Surface species; Mechanism
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The removal of uranium from aqueous solutions by biochars produced from different feedstocks at increased temperatures (850 degrees C), such as malt spent rootlets, coffee espresso residue, and olive kernels has been investigated by means of batch-type experiments. The sorption experiments were performed prior and after oxidation of the biochars to compare their removal capacities and the materials were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements to identify surface species and solid phases, respectively. In addition, surface oxidation increases further the sorption capacity due to the formation of carboxylic moieties presenting increased affinity for the U(VI) cations. However, due to oxidation the reducing moieties on the biochar surface are eliminated and the reduction of U(VI) to U(IV), which precipitates, decreases resulting in an apparent decreased sorption capacity.
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