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Use of radiation grafting of polyethylene‐coated polypropylene nonwoven fabric by acrylamide for the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewaters
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Sayeda M.,
ElSalmawi Kariman M.,
ElNaggar A. A.
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.24629
Subject(s) - polypropylene , grafting , polyethylene , materials science , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , monomer , nonwoven fabric , acrylamide , scanning electron microscope , gravimetric analysis , polymer chemistry , copolymer , metal ions in aqueous solution , acrylic acid , chemical engineering , composite material , nuclear chemistry , metal , polymer , chemistry , fiber , organic chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
Abstract The graft copolymerization of acrylamide (AAm) monomer onto polyethylene‐coated polypropylene (PE‐ co ‐PP) nonwoven fabric was carried out by the mutual irradiation method. The general peculiarities of the grafting have been studied by gravimetric, scanning electron microscope (SEM), mechanical properties, and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) methods. The influence of absorbed dose, dose rate, as well as the monomer concentration on the degree of grafting has been determined. Metal ions uptake of Cu 2+ , Co 2+ , Ni 2+ by the grafted fabrics was evaluated. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 3240–3245, 2006