Effect of Ultrasonic Irradiation on the Recovery of Uranium from Seawater with Adsorbents

Abstract Ultrasonic irradiation is reported to promote chelate formation between metal ions and polymeric ligands in solution (1). It is expected that the recovery of uranium from seawater with adsorbents is affected by ultrasonic irradiation because this process is also based on chelation between the ligands of the adsorbent and uranyl ion in seawater. In the present note, adsorption of uranium from seawater was carried out under ultrasonic irradiation with an amidoxime-group-containing polymeric adsorbent.