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Encapsulation of Cyanex 302 with Alginate for Palladium Recovery
Author(s) -
García Esperanza,
Saucedo Imelda,
Navarro Ricardo,
Dzul Mercy,
del Pilar González María,
Elorza Enrique,
Guibal Eric
Publication year - 2017
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.201600135
Subject(s) - palladium , encapsulation (networking) , materials science , chitosan , chemical engineering , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , catalysis , engineering , computer network
A new generation of extractant impregnated resin has been elaborated by encapsulation of extractants in biopolymer capsules. The extractant forms the core of the spherical particle, while the biopolymer entraps the extractant in a shell. The immobilization can reduce the loss of extractant. Cyanex 302 (bis(2,4,4‐trimethylpentyl)monothiophosphinic acid) was efficiently immobilized into alginate capsules prepared by ionotropic gelation in CaCl 2 solutions. The influence of a series of parameters on microcapsule preparation was investigated. Selected materials were tested for Pd(II) recovery from HCl solutions through the study of sorption isotherms and uptake kinetics.