The use of active carbon (AC) as a potential adsorbent for the removal of uranium from aqueous solution has been investigated. Two principal areas have been studied i.e. uranium adsorption from near-neutral and dilute acidic solutions and uranium adsorption from concentrated acid solutions. The aqueous solution matrix used was nitric acid. In the former case commercial (as-received) and oxidized active carbons were investigated. It was noticed that oxidation of as-received ACs with nitric acid solution significantly improves the adsorption capacity of uranium from both near-neutral and dilute acidic solutions. Oxidized ACs were particularly effective in dilute acidic solution , whilst as-received ACs have shown little uranium sorption. Batch equilibrium isotherms were constructed to compare the adsorption capacities of as-received and oxidized ACs. The batch kinetics of uranium adsorption was studied and a column experiment was performed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:305915 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Abbasi, Wasim Ahmed |
| Publisher | Loughborough University |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/33124 |
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