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Synthesis of Gemini Cationic Surfactant for proficient extraction of uranium (VI) from sulfuric acid solution

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A new Gemini Cationic Surfactant (GCS) was synthesized to extract and separate U(VI) ions from sulfate solution. The Gemini cationic amphipathic was synthesized by refluxing N, N, N, N-tetramethyl diethylene triamine with cetyl chloride. Traditional log D-log [GCS] analysis shows that the ligand has removed uranium as a complex of 2:1 (ligand: metal) ratio. The extraction of uranium was achieved using a new GCS extractant in octanol at pH 1.5 using 0.05 M GCS extractant from sulfate solution and the process is an exothermic process (ΔH = –10.94 kJ mol–1). Finally, El-Missikat sulfate leaching liquor was treated with optimum parameters of solvent extraction for U separation.

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Abdel-salam, F., Ismaiel, D., Shalaby, Z. et al. Synthesis of Gemini Cationic Surfactant for proficient extraction of uranium (VI) from sulfuric acid solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 330, 175–189 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07966-8

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