Sorption of Neodymium from Nitrate Solutions by Humic Acids-Based Sorbent

 This work obtained a sorbent based on humic acids (HA) isolated from oxidized brown coals of the Maikuben deposit. The study of humic acids by IR spectroscopy showed the presence of various functional groups (OH-, COOH-) in the sorbent, which can enter into ion-exchange reactions with metals. Humic acids have been tested as a sorbent for neodymium. Neodymium sorption was carried out under static conditions from nitrate solutions. It was found that with a sorption time of 30 min and a solution pH is 1.0, the sorption efficiency of neodymium is 95.5%. A sorbent based on humic acids was used to separate neodymium from a solution obtained by dissolving electronic waste (neodymium magnet). SEM-analysis and mapping of the sorbent surface after neodymium sorption showed that neodymium was absent on the sorbent surface

Preparation and investigation of active carbons based on furfural copolymer

Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 0997–1001, June, 2018.Active carbons were synthesized from a furfural copolymer using a polyester resin as an activator. The influence of the temperature of the thermal treatment of the carbon sorbents on the weights and ash contents of the obtained materials was established. The molecular structures of the carbons were studied by NMR spectroscopy