Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1695898 | Applied Clay Science | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Polyacrylamide/palygorskite(PAM/PA) as prepared by solution polymerization of acrylamide (AM) on the γ-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxy-silane (KH-570) modified palygorskite (PA). The influence of monomer concentration, polymerization time, initiator concentration and polymerization temperature on mercury adsorption of PAM/PA was investigated. The maximum adsorption capacity was 135.5 mg/g at optimum polymerization conditions. PAM/PA was characterized by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).
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Authors
Yan Chen, Yijiang Zhao, Shouyong Zhou, Xiaozhong Chu, Lianli Yang, Weihong Xing,