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Efficiency and mechanism of adsorption of low-concentration uranium from water by a new chitosan/aluminum sludge composite aerogel.

A new chitosan/aluminum sludge composite aerogel (CS/ASca) exhibiting good selectivity, easy separation potential, and high adsorption capacity was synthesized by combining chitosan (CS) and aluminum sludge from waterworks (AS). The adsorption of U(vi) by the CS/ASca was assessed as a function of solution pH, adsorption time, temperature, initial concentrations of uranium, and coexisting ions. The systematic batch experiments reveal that the adsorption kinetics is described by a pseudo-second-order model, and the sorption thermodynamics involves spontaneous endothermic processes. At a pH of 4, 308 K, and initial uranium concentrations of 10-700 mg L-1, the maximum adsorption capacity of the CS/ASca for U(vi) (simulated by the Langmuir model) was 434.64 mg g-1. Data from scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectrometry, Fourier-transform infrared, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicated that uranyl ion adsorption was predominantly associated with the complexation of U(vi) with the amino and hydroxyl groups on the surface of the CS/ASca. In addition, our results demonstrated that the Mg(ii), Pb(ii), Na(i), and K(i) ions had little or no effect on the sorption of U(vi) on the CS/ASca. This study provides new clues for the treatment of radioactive wastewater.