Compositions are provided for efficient uranium extraction, for example from wastewater, seawater, or other water sources. The compositions can include a functionalized porous organic polymer functionalized with one or more uranium binding moieties, e.g. having a plurality of amidoxime or amidrazone groups covalently attached thereto. The compositions can include covalent organic frameworks, porous aromatic frameworks, and various porous organic polymers, especially those having a hierarchical pore size distribution over a range of pore sizes. The compositions can have functional groups such as amidoxime or an amidrazone covalently attached thereto. The hierarchical pore size distribution can be determined based upon at least 60% of the pore sizes in the range of pore sizes having a pore volume of at least 0.01 cm.sup.3 g.sup.−1 in the pore size distribution at 77 K. Methods of making the compositions and methods of using the compositions are also provided.

Compositions are provided for efficient uranium extraction, for example from wastewater, seawater, or other water sources. The compositions can include a functionalized porous organic polymer functionalized with one or more uranium binding moieties, e.g. having a plurality of amidoxime or amidrazone groups covalently attached thereto. The compositions can include covalent organic frameworks, porous aromatic frameworks, and various porous organic polymers, especially those having a hierarchical pore size distribution over a range of pore sizes. The compositions can have functional groups such as amidoxime or an amidrazone covalently attached thereto. The hierarchical pore size distribution can be determined based upon at least 60% of the pore sizes in the range of pore sizes having a pore volume of at least 0.01 cm.sup.3 g.sup.−1 in the pore size distribution at 77 K. Methods of making the compositions and methods of using the compositions are also provided.

Methods of stabilizing virgin ion exchange resin material are provided. The methods include rinsing virgin ion exchange resin material with deoxygenated water, introducing the rinsed virgin ion exchange resin material into a liquid impermeable compartment of a gas impermeable vessel and hermetically sealing the vessel. The methods include rinsing virgin ion exchange resin material with deoxygenated water, introducing the rinsed virgin ion exchange resin material into a gas impermeable vessel, introducing an oxygen scavenging material into the gas impermeable vessel, and hermetically sealing the vessel. A method of facilitating water treatment in a site in need thereof by providing rinsed virgin ion exchange resin material in deoxygenated water positioned in a liquid impermeable compartment of a gas impermeable vessel is also provided. A vessel containing deoxygenated water and virgin ion exchange resin material and an oxygen scavenging material is also provided.

The present invention is to provide a novel adsorbent which is low in cost, has versatility and high adsorption ability. Specifically, the present invention is to provide an adsorbent of a specific metal element containing a metal salt of a cyanometallic acid, a method for producing the same, and a method for removing the ion of the element that is the target of adsorption using such an adsorbent.

Solid material having an open multiple and at least partially interconnected porosity, comprising an inorganic matrix made of a microporous and mesoporous geopolymer, in which at least partially interconnected open macropores delimited by sides or walls made of microporous and mesoporous geopolymer are defined, and particles of at least one solid compound different from the geopolymer being distributed in the macropores and/or in the sides or walls. Method for preparing said material. Method for separating at least one metal or metalloid cation from a liquid medium containing it, wherein said liquid medium is placed in contact with the material.

Solid material having an open multiple and at least partially interconnected porosity, comprising an inorganic matrix made of a microporous and mesoporous geopolymer, in which at least partially interconnected open macropores delimited by sides or walls made of microporous and mesoporous geopolymer are defined, and particles of at least one solid compound different from the geopolymer being distributed in the macropores and/or in the sides or walls. Method for preparing said material. Method for separating at least one metal or metalloid cation from a liquid medium containing it, wherein said liquid medium is placed in contact with the material.

This invention has an object to provide a method for producing a beryllium solution, the method being novel and having high energy efficiency. The method (M10) for producing a beryllium solution includes a main heating step (S13) of dielectrically heating an acidic solution containing a starting material so as to generate a beryllium solution, the starting material being beryllium or a substance containing beryllium.

The invention discloses a phosphorus nitride adsorbent with high-efficiency selectivity, and its application thereof. The phosphorus nitride adsorbent has a mutually cross-linked hollow tubular structure. The adsorbent can have an adsorption capacity of 435.58 mg.Math.g.sup.−1 and 7.01 mg.Math.g.Math..sup.1 for spiked seawater and natural seawater with a uranium concentration of 350 ppb, and the adsorbent has a long service life, and can still maintain 91.14% of the initial adsorption capacity after 5 cycles of adsorption and desorption. Taking into account the advantages of a short material preparation cycle, a wide range of raw material sources, a low cost, an excellent adsorption performance, and long service life, the adsorbent can be used in technical fields such as uranium-containing wastewater treatment, uranium ore resource recovery, uranium extraction from seawater and the like.

The invention discloses a phosphorus nitride adsorbent with high-efficiency selectivity, and its application thereof. The phosphorus nitride adsorbent has a mutually cross-linked hollow tubular structure. The adsorbent can have an adsorption capacity of 435.58 mg.Math.g.sup.−1 and 7.01 mg.Math.g.Math..sup.1 for spiked seawater and natural seawater with a uranium concentration of 350 ppb, and the adsorbent has a long service life, and can still maintain 91.14% of the initial adsorption capacity after 5 cycles of adsorption and desorption. Taking into account the advantages of a short material preparation cycle, a wide range of raw material sources, a low cost, an excellent adsorption performance, and long service life, the adsorbent can be used in technical fields such as uranium-containing wastewater treatment, uranium ore resource recovery, uranium extraction from seawater and the like.

The present invention is to provide a novel adsorbent which is low in cost, has versatility and has high adsorption ability. Specifically, the present invention is to provide an adsorbent containing a metal salt of a cyanometallic acid obtained by a reaction of a salt of a cyanometallic acid and a compound containing a metal element, wherein the reaction is carried out using the compound containing a metal element in an amount of less than 100 mol % of the theoretical amount relative to 1 mol of the salt of a cyanometallic acid, a method of producing the same, and a method for removing harmful ions from water using such an adsorbent.