PMID- 24045068 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140602 LR - 20171116 IS - 1944-8252 (Electronic) IS - 1944-8244 (Linking) VI - 5 IP - 20 DP - 2013 Oct 23 TI - Nickel oxide grafted andic soil for efficient cesium removal from aqueous solution: adsorption behavior and mechanisms. PG - 10151-8 LID - 10.1021/am402836b [doi] AB - An andic soil, akadama clay, was modified with nickel oxide and tested for its potential application in the removal of cesium from aqueous solution. Scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), and powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) results revealed the nickel oxide was successfully grafted into akadama clay. N2 adsorption-desorption isotherms indicated the surface area decreased remarkably after modification while the portion of mesopores increased greatly. Thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) showed the modified akadama clay had better thermostability than the pristine akadama clay. Decreases in cation exchange capacity (CEC) and zeta-potential were also detected after the modification. Adsorption kinetic and isotherm studies indicated the adsorption of Cs+ on the modified akadama clay was a monolayer adsorption process. Adsorption capacity was greatly enhanced for the modified akadama clay probably due to the increase in negative surface charge caused by the modification. The adsorption of Cs+ on the modified akadama clay was dominated by an electrostatic adsorption process. Results of this work are of great significance for the application of akadama clay as a promising adsorbent material for cesium removal from aqueous solutions. FAU - Ding, Dahu AU - Ding D AD - Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba , 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan. FAU - Lei, Zhongfang AU - Lei Z FAU - Yang, Yingnan AU - Yang Y FAU - Feng, Chuanping AU - Feng C FAU - Zhang, Zhenya AU - Zhang Z LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131001 PL - United States TA - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces JT - ACS applied materials & interfaces JID - 101504991 RN - 0 (Cesium Radioisotopes) RN - 0 (Soil) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Radioactive) RN - 059QF0KO0R (Water) RN - 1KSV9V4Y4I (Cesium) RN - 7OV03QG267 (Nickel) RN - C3574QBZ3Y (nickel monoxide) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Cesium/*chemistry MH - Cesium Radioisotopes/chemistry MH - Kinetics MH - Nickel/*chemistry MH - Soil/*chemistry MH - Static Electricity MH - Water/*chemistry MH - Water Pollutants, Radioactive/chemistry EDAT- 2013/09/21 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/03 06:00 CRDT- 2013/09/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/03 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/am402836b [doi] PST - ppublish SO - ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2013 Oct 23;5(20):10151-8. doi: 10.1021/am402836b. Epub 2013 Oct 1.