Crown Ether-Immobilized Cellulose Acetate Membranes for the Retention of Gd (III)

This study presents a new, revolutionary, and easy method of separating Gd (III). For this purpose, a cellulose acetate membrane surface was modified in three steps, as follows: firstly, with aminopropyl triethoxysylene; then with glutaraldehyde; and at the end, by immobilization of crown ethers. Th...

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Autores principales: Oana Steluta Serbanescu, Andreea Madalina Pandele, Madalina Oprea, Augustin Semenescu, Vijay Kumar Thakur, Stefan Ioan Voicu
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/46fcb0c7924746bcba43aba05574dc74
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Sumario:This study presents a new, revolutionary, and easy method of separating Gd (III). For this purpose, a cellulose acetate membrane surface was modified in three steps, as follows: firstly, with aminopropyl triethoxysylene; then with glutaraldehyde; and at the end, by immobilization of crown ethers. The obtained membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), through which the synthesis of membranes with Gd (III) separation properties is demonstrated. In addition, for the Gd (III) separating process, a gadolinium nitrate solution, with applications of moderator poison in nuclear reactors, was used. The membranes retention performance has been demonstrated by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), showing a separation efficiency of up to 91%, compared with the initial feed solution.