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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 129, Issue 4, Pages 1799-1805Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/app.38878
Keywords
adsorption; cellulose and other wood products; grafting; radical polymerization; separation techniques
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- Independent Innovation Foundation of Shandong University [2010ZRYB002, 2011ZRYQ006]
- Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province [ZR2011BQ027]
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This study focuses on an improved synthesis of a branched poly (ethylene imine) (PEI)-modified cellulose-based adsorbent (Cell-g-PGMA-PEI). We aim to improve the adsorbent capacity by reducing side reaction of epoxide ring opening during graft copolymerization of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) onto cellulose which increases the content of epoxy groups, anchors to immobilize branched PEI moieties. FTIR spectra provided the evidence of successful graft copolymerization of GMA onto cellulose initiated by benzoyl peroxide (BPO) and modification with PEI. The amount of epoxy groups of Cell-g-PGMA was 4.35 mmol g1 by epoxy titration. Subsequently, the adsorption behavior of Cu(II) on cell-g-PGMA-PEI in aqueous solution has been investigated. The data from the adsorption kinetic experiments agreed well with pseudo-second-order model. The adsorption isotherms can be interpreted by the Langmuir model with the maximum adsorption capacity of 102 mg g1 which was largely improved compared with the similar adsorbent reported. The dynamic adsorption capacity obtained from the column tests was 119 mg g1 and the adsorbent could be regenerated by HCl of 0.1 mol L1. Results indicate that the novel pathway for the synthesis of Cell-g-PGMA-PEI exhibits significant potential to improve the performance of adsorbents in removal and recovery of Cu(II) from aqueous solution. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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