نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

پژوهشکده چرخه سوخت هسته‌ای، پژوهشگاه علوم و فنون هسته‌ای، سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران، صندوق پستی: 8486-11365، تهران- ایران

چکیده

غشای درون پلیمری بر پایه پلیمر پلی‏وینیل‏کلراید (PVC) حاوی استخراج‏گر آلامین‏‏ 336 و نرم‏ساز پلی‌اکسی‌اتیلن‏آلکیل‏اتر (POE) برای انتقال اورانیم از محیط ‏سولفوریکی مورد ارزیابی قرار گرفت. بدین منظور تأثیر غلظت آلامین 336 و نرم‏ساز POE در فاز غشا، غلظت سولفوریک اسید در فاز خوراک، نوع و غلظت فاز بازیاب‏کننده بر میزان شار اورانیم از میان غشا بررسی شد. نتایج به دست آمده نشان داد که غشای درون پلیمری با ترکیب 40­% وزنی آلامین 336، 21/23­% وزنی نرم­ساز POE و 79/36­% وزنی PVC، غلظت M 1/0 سولفوریک اسید در فاز خوراک و بازیاب‏کننده آمونیم کربنات M 5/0 منجر به بیش­ترین میزان شار اورانیم (s2 mol/m7-10×82/1) از میان غشا می‏شود. هم­چنین مطالعه اثر غلظت اورانیم در فاز خوراک نشان داد که در محدوده غلظت مورد بررسی، انتقال اورانیم از میان غشا توسط نفوذ یون‏های اورانیم از میان لایه انتقال جرم در فاز خوراک و تشکیل کمپلکس بین اورانیم و ماده استخراج‏گر آلامین 336 کنترل می‌شود. در نهایت پایداری غشای ساخته شده در طول هشت آزمایش بررسی شد که نتایج حاصل از آن حاکی از پایداری کامل غشا در طول پنج آزمایش بود.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Extraction of uranium from the sulfuric acid solution using a polymer inclusion membrane containing alamine336

نویسندگان [English]

  • P. Zaheri
  • R. Davarkhah
  • F . Zahakifar

Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, AEOI, P.O.Box: 11365-8486, Tehran-Iran

چکیده [English]

A Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-based polymer inclusion membrane (PIM) containing alamine336 as the extractant and Polyoxyethylene alkyl ether (POE) as the plasticizer was used for the Transport of uranium from sulfate solution. The effects of extractant and plasticizer concentration in the membrane, sulfuric acid concentration in the feed phase, stripping agent type, and concentration were investigated. The maximum flux of 1.82×10-7 mol/m2s was obtained using a PIM consisting of 40 wt.% alamine336, 23.21 wt.% POE and 36.79 wt.% PVC, 0.1 M sulfuric acid in the feed phase, and 0.5 M (NH4)2CO3 as the stripping phase. The effect of the initial concentration of uranium in the feed phase on uranium transport was also studied. The results show that in the studied range of uranium concentration, the Transport of uranium through the membrane was controlled by diffusion of uranyl ions through the feed phase mass transfer layer. The prepared PIM showed appropriate stability for the Transport of uranium for five consecutive experiments.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Polymer inclusion membrane
  • Alamine336
  • Polyoxyethylene alkyl ether
  • Uranium
  • Sulfuric acid solution
  • Ammonium carbonate
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