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Poly(vinyl alcohol)/ C a CO 3 ‐diacid nanocomposite: Investigation of physical and wetting properties and application in heavy metal adsorption
Author(s) -
Mallakpour Shadpour,
Khadem Elham
Publication year - 2017
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.45414
Subject(s) - vinyl alcohol , nanocomposite , adsorption , materials science , thermal stability , ultimate tensile strength , contact angle , chemical engineering , wetting , nanoparticle , polymer chemistry , dynamic mechanical analysis , nuclear chemistry , polymer , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , engineering
Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanocomposite and modified CaCO 3 nanoparticles (NPs) were fabricated by ultrasound agitation method with particle content altering from 3, 5, and 8 wt %. The CaCO 3 surface was successfully treated by 10 wt % of bioactive dicarboxylic acid (DA). The influences of loading modified NPs on the thermal, mechanical, adsorption, contact angle, and physical properties of the poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite films were thoroughly studied. The results showed that incorporation of modified CaCO 3 into the PVA matrix had better performance than the pure PVA. Meanwhile, tensile strength, Young's modulus, and thermal stability are enhanced from 33.36 MPa, 1.26 GPs, and 242.918C (neat PVA) to 81.7 MPa, 4.81 GPa, and 312.95 °C (PVA/CaCO 3 ‐DA NC 5 wt %), respectively. Also, the adsorption capacity of the PVA/CaCO 3 ‐DA NCs 5 and 8 wt % revealed that the NC films could act as an appropriate absorbent for the removal of Cd(II) ions with maximum adsorption capacity of about 20.70 and 25.19 mg g −1 for Cd(II), respectively. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2017 , 134 , 45414.