Open AccessSynthesis and Characterization of Zirconium Phosphate as a Solid Catalyst for Esterification of Wastewater Containing Acrylic Acid
Author(s) -
M. R. Kamaruzama,
Sim Yee Chin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1812-5662
pISSN - 1812-5654
DOI - 10.3923/jas.2014.1339.1342
Subject(s) - catalysis , zirconium , physisorption , zirconium phosphate , wastewater , materials science , acrylic acid , nuclear chemistry , chemical engineering , phosphate , ion exchange , thermal analysis , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , waste management , polymer , ion , thermal , monomer , engineering , physics , meteorology
Commercially available heterogeneous catalyst such as ion exchange resin has been used by the industry in the esterification reaction to overcome the problems caused by homogeneous catalyst. Heterogeneous catalyst with high tolerance to water is needed in the esterification of wastewater containing carboxylic acid. Zirconium Phosphate is one of the solid catalyst with the characteristics of high water tolerance and high thermal stability. In the present study, Zirconium Phosphate was used to catalysed the esterification of wastewater containing acrylic acid. The catalysed was synthesized using sol-gel method and characterized using X-Ray diffraction analysis (XRD), physisorption analyzer (BET surface area), thermal analysis (TGA) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM). This catalyst was proven to yield has high conversion and it can be reused without any treatment