The synthesization and characterization of a new environmental functional material–sulfonic cellulose – were studied in this paper. The preparation conditions were optimized through an orthogonal experiment. The modified cellulose was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The adsorption rules of cationic organic pollutants and heavy metal ions by this new material were discussed. Regeneration and recycling performances of the sulfonic cellulose were also investigated. At the temperature of 323 K, sulfonic cellulose was prepared by grafting 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS) onto alkali-treated cellulose for 4 h with the employing of ceric ammonium nitrate as initiator. The mass ratio of AMPS to cellulose was 3:1 and the concentration of ceric ammonium nitrate was 63.8 mmol/L. The sulfur content of sulfonic cellulose was 7.32 wt%. The peaks of 1,303 and 1,159 cm−1 in IR suggested the existence of the sulfonic group in sulfonic cellulose. The XRD and SEM results showed that the crystallinity decreased while the specific surface area increased after modification. Batch adsorption results showed that sulfonic cellulose had a favorable adsorption capacity for model contaminants at pH 6.0–7.0. The adsorption process was endothermic and reached equilibrium in 180 min. The adsorption rules of cationic organic pollutants and heavy metal ions indicated that sulfonic cellulose had high adsorption capacity for the cationic dyes with a coplanar macromolecule structure and organic compounds carrying the amino group. Under room temperature, 1.0 mol/L HCl can be used as a desorption solution and the equilibrium adsorption capacity had little decrease (less than 7%) after six adsorption–desorption cycles.
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December 01 2012
Synthesization, characterization and adsorption properties of sulfonic cellulose
Wenjian Shi;
1School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
E-mail: wjshi@usst.edu.cn
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Yan Zhou;
Yan Zhou
1School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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Yuanzhang Zhang;
Yuanzhang Zhang
2Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology, Shanghai 201203, China
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Liang Li;
Liang Li
1School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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Qinlin Yang
Qinlin Yang
1School of Environment and Architecture, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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Water Sci Technol (2012) 66 (12): 2638–2646.
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April 27 2012
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July 09 2012
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Wenjian Shi, Yan Zhou, Yuanzhang Zhang, Liang Li, Qinlin Yang; Synthesization, characterization and adsorption properties of sulfonic cellulose. Water Sci Technol 1 December 2012; 66 (12): 2638–2646. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.493
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