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Polyacrylamide Grafted Carboxymethyl Tamarind (CMT‐g‐PAM): Development and Application of a Novel Polymeric Flocculant
Author(s) -
Sen Gautam,
Pal Sagar
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200950313
Subject(s) - flocculation , polyacrylamide , grafting , polymer , materials science , chemical engineering , turbidity , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , composite material , oceanography , engineering , geology
Water is scarce commodity now. Recycling of municipal wastewater, industrial and mineral processing effluents require treatment with the inorganic or organic flocculants. Both synthetic and natural polymers are used as flocculants. Natural polymers are biodegradable and are effective at very large dosages but are very shear stable. The synthetic polymers are highly effective flocculants at very small dosages and have high tailorability, but have poor shear stability. In the authors' laboratory, a novel polymeric flocculant has been developed by grafting polyacrylamide onto the backbone of carboxymethyl tamarind (CMT‐g‐PAM). Various grades were developed to optimize the best flocculant. The grafted polymers were characterized by various characterization techniques such as intrinsic viscosity measurement, FTIR spectroscopy, 13 C‐NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis etc. The flocculation studies were carried out using turbidity test as well as settling test. The optimized CMT‐g‐PAM was then compared with some of the commercial flocculants available in national and international markets in colloidal suspensions and it has been found that our synthesized flocculant surpasses most of the commercial flocculants in performance.