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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 192, Issue 3, Pages 1401-1408Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.06.054
Keywords
Modified cotton; Surface-initiated ATRP; Sorption; Cu(II); Pb(II)
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- National Nature Science Foundation of China [51078217, 50838002]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-10-0203]
- Fok Ying Tung Education Foundation [121048]
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The surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was used to successfully prepare the aminated cotton and polyacrylic acid sodium (P(AA-Na))-grafted cotton for the efficient removal of Cu(II) and Pb(II) from aqueous solution in this study. The modified cotton surfaces were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The grafted long polymers with high density of amine and carboxyl groups on the cotton surfaces were responsible for the enhanced adsorption of heavy metals. The sorption behaviors including sorption kinetics, isotherms and pH effect were investigated. The sorption equilibrium of Cu(II) and Pb(II) was achieved within 1 h on the P(AA-Na)-grafted cotton, much faster than 8h on the aminated cotton. According to the Langmuir fitting, the maximum sorption capacities of Cu(II) and Pb(II) on the P(AA-Na)-grafted cotton were 2.45 and 2.44 mmol/g, respectively, higher than many adsorbents reported in the literature. The P(AA-Na)-grafted cotton had better adsorption behaviors for Cu(II) and Pb(II) than the aminated cotton. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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