To raise the adsorption capacity of the adsorptive fiber for strontium ions in seawater, sodium titanium silicate was impregnated onto an anion-exchange fiber. Peroxotitanium complex anions were immobilized onto
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N-dimethylaminopropylacrylamide(DMAPAA)-grafted nylon-6 fiber, followed by a reaction with sodium orthosilicate. The resultant fiber exhibited a strontium removal percentage of 83 % and a selectivity of Sr to Ca of 4.3 in artificial seawater, which were 1.1- and two-fold, respectively, higher than those of the sodium-titanate-impregnated fiber.
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