Gamma radiation-induced preparation of chitosan-acrylic acid-1-vinyl-2-vinylpyrrolidone/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite for removal of 152+154Eu, 60Co and 134Cs radionuclides

Islam Mohamed Abdelmonem; Essam Metwally; Tharwat Essa Siyam; Farid Abou El-Nour; Abdel-Rahman Mahmoud Mousa

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.08.120

Gamma radiation-induced preparation of chitosan-acrylic acid-1-vinyl-2-vinylpyrrolidone/multiwalled carbon nanotubes composite for removal of ^152+154Eu, ⁶⁰Co and ¹³⁴Cs radionuclides

Int J Biol Macromol. 2020 Dec 1:164:2258-2266. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.08.120. Epub 2020 Aug 15.

Authors

Islam Mohamed Abdelmonem¹, Essam Metwally², Tharwat Essa Siyam², Farid Abou El-Nour², Abdel-Rahman Mahmoud Mousa³

Affiliations

¹ Nuclear Chemistry Department, Hot Laboratories Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, P.O. Box 13759, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Nuclear Chemistry Department, Hot Laboratories Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, P.O. Box 13759, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, P.O.Box 11566, Abassia, Cairo, Egypt.

PMID: 32805290
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.08.120

Abstract

Removal behaviors of ^152+154Eu, ⁶⁰Co, and ¹³⁴Cs radionuclides onto Chitosan-acrylic acid-1-vinyl-2-vinylpyrrolidone/oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CTS-AA-VP/o-MWCNTs) composite has been investigated by batch adsorption technique. CTS-AA-VP/o-MWCNTs composite has been synthesized by copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) and 1-vinyl-2-vinylpyrrolidone (VP) onto the surface of chitosan/oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CTS/o-MWCNTs) using gamma radiation. SEM, TGA, and FTIR were applied to characterize the morphology, thermal stability, and structure of the composite. The composite shows high removal capacity of 321.77, 369.91, and 456.46 mg/g towards ^152+154Eu, ⁶⁰Co, and ¹³⁴Cs radionuclides, respectively.

Keywords: CTS-AA-VP/o-MWCNTs composite; Gamma radiation; Radionuclides; cCopolymerization.

MeSH terms

Acrylates / chemistry*
Adsorption
Cesium Radioisotopes / chemistry*
Chitosan / chemistry*
Cobalt Radioisotopes / chemistry*
Europium / chemistry*
Gamma Rays
Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
Pyrrolidinones / chemistry*

Substances

Acrylates
Cesium Radioisotopes
Cobalt Radioisotopes
Nanotubes, Carbon
Pyrrolidinones
Europium
Cobalt-60
Chitosan
Cesium-134
acrylic acid