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Melisa Rodas Ceballos¹, José Manuel Estela², Víctor Cerdà²

¹Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory (LaboRA), University of the Balearic Islands, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Sciware Systems, Spin-Off UIB-004, 07193, Bunyola, Spain.

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Summary

A novel 3D printed solid-phase extraction device using TEVA resin efficiently extracts uranium(VI) from water. This method offers rapid, accurate trace-level determination with high reliability and durability for environmental analysis.

Keywords:

3D printing Flow analysis Solid phase extraction (SPE)Uranium Water matrices

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Area of Science:

Analytical Chemistry
Materials Science
Environmental Science

Background:

Uranium(VI) contamination in water requires sensitive detection methods.
Traditional solid-phase extraction (SPE) can be complex and time-consuming.
3D printing offers potential for creating customized analytical devices.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a 3D printed SPE device for uranium(VI) extraction.
To enable rapid and accurate determination of uranium(VI) in various water matrices.
To showcase the utility of 3D printing in fabricating analytical tools.

Main Methods:

Stereolithographic 3D printing to fabricate a stirred reactor chamber.
Impregnation of the device with TEVA resin for uranium(VI) adsorption.
Flow-through system coupled with off-line Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) detection.
Experimental design for system optimization and validation using certified reference materials and real water samples.

Main Results:

Achieved detection and quantification limits of 0.03 and 0.09 ng U(VI), respectively.
Demonstrated device durability over 11 consecutive extractions.
Obtained high recovery rates (95-106%) in various water samples, confirming reliability.

Conclusions:

3D printing is a powerful tool for creating complex SPE devices for uranium(VI) extraction.
The developed 3D printed SPE-TEVA resin system provides a rapid, accurate, and reliable method for uranium(VI) determination in water.
This approach simplifies pretreatment applications in analytical procedures for water matrices.