Abstract
Russula sanguinea (R. sanguninea) macrofungus was employed as a novel cost-effective biosorbent for efficient removal of U(VI) ions from aqueous solution. FT-IR spectroscopy and SEM/EDS technique were used for morphological and chemical characterizations. The maximum adsorption capacity of the macrofungus was found as 174.3 mg/g at pH 5 and 20 °C. The kinetic data best fit with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (r2 > 0.99 for the studied temperatures). The exothermic and spontaneous nature of the biosorption process was confirmed by the thermodynamic findings. The reusability test demonstrated that the macrofungus had a good sorption/desorption performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1387-1397 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
| Volume | 317 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.
Keywords
- Biosorption
- Macrofungus
- Russula sanguinea
- Thermodynamics and kinetics
- Uranium
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Pollution
- Spectroscopy
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis