Recyclable High Capacity Selective Sorbant for Heavy Metals, Radionuclides, and Actinides

OSU researchers have created a sorbent material capable ofselectively absorbing actinides such as thorium and uranium, heavy metals suchas cadmium, lead, and mercury, and radionuclides such as radio strontium fromwater.  This material removes heavymetals from water and replaces them with calcium providing an additionalnutritional benefit.  The sorbent, whichis also recyclable, provides a solution to several existing challenges in thepurification and recycling of heavy metals, radionuclides and actinides.

RecyclableHigh absorption capacityIncreases nutritional benefitsSelectively removes contaminants

Purification of calcium and magnesium salts for food, medical, and mineral supplementsPurification of drinking water containing heavy metals oruraniumBarrier materials for preventing the spread of contaminatedwaterTreatment of acid mine drainage“Mining” of ground water or seawater for metalsActinide separations in ore refining or fuel rodreprocessing

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