Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 66, Issue -, Pages 289-294Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.02.047
Keywords
N-Vinyl imidazole; Carboxymethyl starch; Grafting; Heavy metals; Sorption
Funding
- King Saud University [RGP-VPP-201]
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Carboxymethyl starch (CMS) grafted with N-vinyl imidazole was investigated for heavy metal removal from aqueous solutions. Poly (N-vinyl imidazole)-grafted carboxymethyl starch (PVI-g-CMS) was prepared in aqueous solution using potassium persulfate (KPS) as initiator. The produced grafted copolymer was characterized by FTIR, TGA, surface area and elemental analysis. The grafted material was used for the sorption of Mn(II), Zn(II) and Cd(II). Uptake parameters such as affinity of metal ions, effect of metal ion concentration, adsorbent amount and agitation time were investigated. The polymers were more sensitive to Cd-II and zn(II) and the order of metal ion binding was Cd(II) > Zn(II) > Mn(II). The adsorption data was fitted very well in a Freundlich isotherm equation and the kinetics of adsorption was found to follow the pseudo-first order kinetic model. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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