Synthesis Of Selective Biodegradable Amidoxime Chitosan For Absorption Of Th(Iv) And U(Vi) Ions In Solution

Radionuclide extraction from wastewater is a long-term process, in which the study on the reuse and decomposition of adsorbents provides the ability to complete the post-treatment after adsorption. Herein, A novel biodegradable amidoxime chitosan has been synthesized through one-step without crosslinking agent and characterized by FT-IR, SEM, XPS, TGA and element analysis. The batch adsorption experiments of U(VI) and Th(IV) on AO-CTS adsorbent were studied and maximum adsorption of U(VI) and Th(IV) were 97 and 56 mg/g, respectively. The U(VI) and Th(IV) can be effectively desorbed from the AO-CTS materials at low acidity, The AO-CTS can be reused 6 times without reducing absorbency for U(VI) and Th(IV). When finish the adsorption process, the AO-CTS can be degraded by lysozyme at room temperature, there were no toxic or harmful substances are produced.