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Removal of metal ions by water‐soluble polymacromonomers in conjunction with ultrafiltration membrane
Author(s) -
Rivas Bernabé L.,
Pooley S. Amalia,
Maureira Antonio
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.20267
Subject(s) - copolymer , metal ions in aqueous solution , sulfonic acid , methacrylate , ultrafiltration (renal) , selectivity , monomer , polymer chemistry , polyethylene glycol , polymer , ammonium , chemistry , membrane , metal , nuclear chemistry , materials science , chromatography , organic chemistry , biochemistry , catalysis
The macromonomer polyethylene glycol methylether methacrylate was homo‐ and copolymerized with 2‐acrylamido‐2‐methyl‐1‐propane sulfonic acid under three feed monomer ratios. The initiator used was ammonium peroxydisulfate (0.2 mol %). All the polymers were completely soluble in water. The copolymer composition was determined by elemental analysis. The metal ion interaction capability of the three polymers was investigated through the liquid‐phase polymer‐based retention (LPR) technique at different values of pH and filtration factor Z . The highest metal ion retention ability was observed at pH 5.0. The homopolymer showed a high selectivity for Ni(II) ions at pH 3.0. The copolymers (PEGMEM) 1.51 ‐ co ‐(APSA) 1.00 and (PEGMEM) 1.00 ‐ co ‐(APSA) 1.95 showed a high selectivity for Cr(III) ions at pH 3.0. The maximum retention capacity, in general, was similar for the homo‐ and copolymers. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 92: 2955–2960, 2004