Study on Synthesis of the Organophosphorus Functionalized MCM-41 And its Adsorption Property for Dy(III)

Abstract The composite of organophosphorus groups loaded on MCM-41(MCM-Zr-TBP) was prepared by multi-steps impregnation method to develop a novel adsorbent for radioactive lanthanides extraction from the secondary contaminated water. The synthesized hybrid material was characterized by SEM and TG. Dy(III) was taken as the representative of trivalent lanthanides. The adsorption performance of Dy(III) on MCM-Zr-TBP composite was systematically studied as the functions of solution pH, initial concentration, interaction time and aqueous temperature. The results showed that Dy(III) adsorption on MCM-Zr-TBP composite was highly dependent on aqueous pH and initial metal ion concentration. Compared with the Freundlich and pseudo-first order models, the Langmuir and pseudo-second order models presented better fitting for the adsorption data. These results indicated that MCM-Zr-TBP was found to be an effective and competent adsorbent, which could be used for the effective removal of lanthanides from the wastewater.