Adsorption and desorption properties of D151 resin for Ce(III)

Abstract

The present research is aimed at the development of D151 resin as an adsorbent that it can be used in the adsorption of Ce(III) ions. The adsorption and desorption behaviors of Ce(III) on D151 resin have been investigated by chemistry analysis. The influence of operational conditions such as contact time, initial concentration of Ce(III), initial pH of solution and temperature on the adsorption of Ce(III) had also been examined. The results show that the optimal adsorption condition of D151 for Ce(III) was achieved at pH=6.50 in HAc-NaAc medium. The maximum uptake capacity of Ce(III) was 392 mg/g resin at 298 K. The adsorption of Ce(III) followed both the Langmuir isotherm and Freundlich isotherm, and the correlation coefficients had been evaluated. Even kinetics on the adsorption of Ce(III) had been studied. The adsorption rate constant k 298 K valued was 1.3×10 −5 s −1. The calculation data of thermodynamic parameters which Δ S 0 value of 91.34 and Δ H 0 value of 7.07 kJ/mol indicate the endothermic nature of the adsorption process. While, a decrease of Gibb's free energy (Δ G 0) with increasing temperature indicated the spontaneous nature of the adsorption process. Finally, Ce(III) could be eluted by using 0.5 mol/L HCl solution and the elution percentage was as high as 100%. Adsorption mechanism was also proposed for the adsorption of Ce(III) ions onto D151 resin using infrared spectroscopy technique.