Innovative synthesis of modified cellulose derivative as a uranium adsorbent from carbonate solutions of radioactive deposits

This work was an attempt to prepare a new eco-friendly adsorbent for the recovery of uranium from the Egyptian radioactive deposits. So, cellulose/p-toluidine was prepared as a potential sorbent for uranium (VI) in highly alkaline solutions, from a condensation reaction of p-toluene with dialdehyde cellulose which resulting from periodate selective oxidative of cellulose. We have studied the kinetics, isotherm models, and thermodynamic of...