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Separation of Yttrium from Aqueous Solution Using Ionic Imprinted Polymers

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In the present study, yttrium(III) ion imprinted polymers (Y(III)-IIPs) and non-imprinted polymers (and non-Y(III)-IIPs) materials were synthesized. The materials were characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM)-EDS studies. Characterization by FTIR showed that the IIPs have been successfully synthesized as indicated by the absence of a peak for the alkene functional group at 3000–3300 cm–1. From the FTIR data and SEM-EDS images showed that Y(III) ions have been successfully released from the polymer. The retention properties by batch procedure showed that the adsorption capacity of Y(III)-IIPs was 10.26 mg/g at pH 7 with a contact time of 10 min. Y(III) ions adsorption onto Y(III)-IIPs follows the Langmuir adsorption isotherm with a correlation coefficient of 0.9671, which showed a maximum adsorption capacity value of 14.68 mg/g and follows the Lagergren pseudo-second order kinetics model. The IIPs materials selectivity against other rare earth metals showed a better selectivity than NIPs.

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    M. A. Zulfikar, R. Zarlina,  Rusnadi & N. Handayani

  2. Organic Chemistry Research Group, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

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Zulfikar, M.A., Zarlina, R., Rusnadi et al. Separation of Yttrium from Aqueous Solution Using Ionic Imprinted Polymers. Russ. J. Non-ferrous Metals 58, 614–624 (2017). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1067821217060189

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