[3B06-08] Actinide / FP chemistry

11:35 AM - 11:50 AM JST(2:35 AM - 2:50 AM UTC)

[3B08] Development of Fibrous Adsorbents Bearing Preorganized Planar Pentadentate Ligands for Uranium Harvesting from Seawater

*Ryuto Nabata¹, Satoru Tsushima^1,2, Shibayama Yasuhiro³, Ishii Hirotoshi³, Akimoto Takafumi³, Ota Tsuyoshi³, Takao Koichiro¹ (1. Science Tokyo, 2. HZDR, 3. Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd.)

Keywords:

Uranium Harvesting from Seawater,Adsorbents,Graft Copolymerization,Coordination Chemistry,Molecular Design

A novel adsorbent for uranium harvesting from seawater was synthesized by chemical decoration of 2,6-bis(2-hydroxymethylaminomethyl)pyridine (H₂saldamp) onto polypropylene non-woven fabric. By using this adsorbent, the U recovery from simulated seawater in ppm level has been successfully achieved.