title: BenzoDODA grafted polymeric resin-Plutonium selective solid sorbent.
abstract: A new ligand grafted polymeric resin (BenzoDODA SDVB) was synthesized by covalently attaching plutonium selective ligand (BenzoDODA) on to styrene divinyl benzene (SDVB) polymer matrix. BenzoDODA SDVB resin was evaluated for separation and recovery of plutonium(IV) from nitric acid medium. Sorption of Pu(IV) was found to decrease with the increase in nitric acid concentration, with very small sorption above 7.0M HNO3. Sorption kinetics was fast enough to achieve the equilibrium within 60min of contact where the kinetic data fitted well to pseudo-second-order model. Sorption isotherm data fitted well to Langmuir model suggesting chemical interaction between the BenzoDODA moiety and plutonium(IV) ions. Sorption studies with some of representative radionuclides of high level waste showed that BenzoDODA SDVB is selective and therefore could be a promising solid sorbent for separation and recovery of plutonium. Further, the theoretical calculations done on BenzoDODA SDVB resin suggested Pu(NO3)4·BenzoDODA (1:1) sorbed complex conformed to generally observed square antiprism geometry of the plutonium complexes, with contributions from oxygen atoms of four nitrate ions as well as from four oxygen atoms present in BenzoDODA (two phenolic ether oxygen atoms and two carbonyl oxygen atoms of amidic moiety).
authors.affiliation: Materials Processing Division, Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India. Electronic address: riteshr@barc.gov.in.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruhela
authors.affiliation: Fuel Reprocessing Division, Nuclear Fuels Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India. Electronic address: surajit@barc.gov.in.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panja
authors.affiliation: Materials Processing Division, Materials Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Fuel Reprocessing Division, Nuclear Fuels Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Dhami
authors.affiliation: Fuel Reprocessing Division, Nuclear Fuels Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gandhi
keywords: BenzoDODA SDVB resin; Plutonium; Selective; Separation; Sorption