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Treatment of polluted water resources using reactive polymeric hydrogel
Author(s) -
Shawky H. A.,
ElSayed M. H.,
Ali A. ElHag,
Abdel Mottaleb M. S.
Publication year - 2006
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.23017
Subject(s) - adsorption , copolymer , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , acrylic acid , chemical engineering , metal ions in aqueous solution , langmuir adsorption model , materials science , chelation , self healing hydrogels , langmuir , polymer chemistry , metal , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , composite material , metallurgy , engineering
An experimental work was conducted to study the performance of the already prepared polyvinyl pyrrolidone/acrylic acid (PVP/AAc) copolymer hydrogel to chelate heavy metals from bulk solution. Studies of the binding capacity, adsorption isotherm, and adsorption kinetic experiments showed that PVP/AAc copolymer hydrogel has high binding capacities and good adsorption kinetic properties for the metal ions under investigation. The adsorption isotherms of such metal ions on the copolymer exhibit a Langmuir‐type equation. The chelated copolymers were characterized by FTIR and XRD. Technical feasibility for the uses of the prepared PVP/AAc hydrogel for the treatment of polluted samples; collected from different water resources in Helwan area (Egypt) was investigated. The evaluation of the system was performed by a complete analysis of water samples before and after the treatment process. The results showed a promising possibility for producing water of better quality in the area under investigation, using such prepared hydrogel. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 3966–3973, 2006