Effect of PAM coating on the magnetic nanoparticles structure based on different sodium salts for uranium removal from wastewater and study of pH effects on their adsorptions

In this research, four different magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized and characterized by solvothermal method based on different sodium salts. To study effect of PAM coating on the uranium absorption, the synthesized magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles were coated with PAM (Fe3O4@PAM). The structural properties of the synthesized magnetic Fe3O4@PAM nanoparticles were examined by XRD, FT-IR and SEM. The XRD patterns indicated that the crystal structure of Fe3O4@PAM nanocomposites are remained the same structure as the Fe3O4 nanoparticles which have a respectable agreement with other valid experiments. As well as, The XRD and FT-IR results for Fe3O4@PAM nanoparticles showed that PAM coated on Fe3O4 successfully. The prepared Fe3O4 and Fe3O4@PAM nanoparticles were applied as sorbents to sorb uranium ions (U(VI)) from aqueous solution. In adsorption test the effect of pH were investigated. pH had significant effect on the amount of adsorption. The adsorption results showed that the highest U(VI) adsorption of 197 mg/g at around the solution pH 10 were obtained for Fe3O4 nanoparticels which synthesized based on Na2CO3; and 185 mg/g at around the solution pH 8 to 9 for Fe3O4@PAM nanoparticles which was based on a mixed sodium source involved the Sodium acetate and Trisodium citrate.