Journal
COATINGS
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/coatings12081038
Keywords
cadmium ion; polymeric microsphere; precipitation polymerization; FAAS; selectivity
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52163030]
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In this study, highly selective cadmium ion imprinted maleic acid-co-acrylonitrile polymeric microspheres were successfully synthesized and their performance was analyzed through adsorption experiments and characterization. The results demonstrated that Cd-I-MA-co-AN had a high adsorption capacity for cadmium ions and showed some selectivity towards other metal ions. Furthermore, Cd-I-MA-co-AN exhibited good reusability and high recovery rate.
Cadmium is one of the many toxic elements for humans even at low concentrations, and it could exist in the environment for a long time. The ion imprinting technique has gained much attention due to its selective recognition performance. In this study, a cadmium ion imprinted maleic acid-co-acrylonitrile polymeric microsphere (Cd-I-MA-co-AN) was synthesized via precipitation polymerization using Cd(II) as a template ion, acrylonitrile and maleic acid as functional monomers, divinylbenzene as a cross-linker, and potassium persulfate as an initiator. UV-vis, SEM and FTIR were used for characterization, and the adsorption conditions were observed and optimized. The adsorption capacity and selectivity of Cd-I-MA-co-AN for Cd(II) were analyzed by flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The results documented that the optimal pH, flow rate and eluent were 6, 2 mL min(-1) and 1 mol L-1 nitric acid, respectively. Compared with the non-ion imprinted maleic acid-co-acrylonitrile polymeric microsphere (NI-MA-co-AN), Cd-I-MA-co-AN had a higher adsorption capacity. The saturated adsorption capacities of Cd-I-MA-co-AN and NI-MA-co-AN were 20.46 mg g(-1) and 7.64 mg g(-1), respectively. The adsorption behavior of Cd-I-MA-co-AN fitted with the Freundlich isotherm model. The relative selectivity coefficients of Cd-I-MA-co-AN for Cd(II) in the presence of Cu(II), Mn(II), Ni(II) and Pb(II) were 3.79, 3.39, 3.90 and 3.31, respectively. The Cd-I-MA-co-AN showed good selectivity for Cd(II). In addition, a reusability study showed that Cd-I-MA-co-AN can be recycled ten times and has high recovery in natural water samples.
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