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Removal of heavy metals from model wastewater by using carboxymehyl cellulose/2‐acrylamido‐2‐methyl propane sulfonic acid hydrogels
Author(s) -
ElHag Ali Amr
Publication year - 2011
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.34470
Subject(s) - self healing hydrogels , carboxymethyl cellulose , sulfonic acid , copolymer , metal ions in aqueous solution , aqueous solution , chelation , methyl cellulose , materials science , metal , polymer chemistry , cellulose , propane , chemical engineering , chemistry , nuclear chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , composite material , sodium , metallurgy , engineering
A series of functional copolymer hydrogels composed of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and 2‐acrylamido‐2‐methyl propane sulfonic acid (AMPS) were synthesized using γ‐radiations‐induced copolymerization and crosslinking. Preparation conditions were optimized, and the swelling characteristics were investigated. The ability of the prepared hydrogels to recover some toxic metal ions from their aqueous solutions was studied. The prepared hydrogel showed a great capability to recover metal ions such as: Mn +2 , Co +2 , Cu +2 , and Fe +3 from their solutions. The data revealed that the chelating ability of the prepared hydrogels is mainly dependent on their internal composition, in addition to the physical properties of the metal ion solution such as pH and metal ion concentration. The data show that the chelating ability of the prepared hydrogels increases by increasing the AMPS content in the hydrogel as well as the increment in the pH of the solution and the metal ion concentration. The prepared CMC/AMPS copolymer hydrogels are chemically stable enough to be reused for at least five times with the same efficiency. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2011