Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5157653 | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2017 | 41 Pages |
Abstract
Interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) hydrogels, based on chitosan (CS) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), have been prepared by γ-radiation followed by chemical modification via phosphorylation reaction and used for adsorption of Ca(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) ions from their aqueous solutions. The gel content (%) increases with increasing the HEMA concentration. The maximum swelling (%) observed at the ratio (70/30) (CS/HEMA). CS/pHEMA IPN showed a higher thermal stability than CS. The phosphorylated hydrogel, Phos-(CS/pHEMA), characterized by XRD, EDS, SEM, DSC and TGA techniques. FT-IR spectra before and after adsorption of metal ions have been studied. Factors affecting the maximum adsorption capacity were also investigated. The maximum adsorption capacity using 0.01 g Phos-(CS/pHEMA) was 66.3, 57.6 and 48.7 (mg/g) for Cu(II), Zn(II) and Ca(II) ions, respectively. The adsorption isotherms were simulated by Langmuir and Freundlich models and the adsorption kinetics were simulated by the pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetics. The adsorption follows Langmuir models and pseudo-second order. The IPN hydrogels showed effective adsorption of the three metal ions from aqueous solution.
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Authors
Ahmed M. Elbarbary, Mohamed Mohamady Ghobashy,