Surface functionalization of cotton cellulose with glycidyl methacrylate and its application for the adsorption of aromatic pollutants from wastewaters.
Cellulose material C1 was prepared by grafting of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) in the presence of Fenton-type reagent. This one-pot procedure provided C1 with glycidyl isobutyrate branches. Glycidyl epoxide ring opening with water turned C1-C2 material branched with glycerol isobutyrate. So, C1 surface bears hydrophobic branches ending with the glycidyl group, while C2 surface presents hydrophilic branches ending with the glycerol group. The adsorption of aromatic polluting substances like phenol (Ph), 4-nitrophenol (pNPh), 2,4-dinitrophenol (dNPh), 2,4,6-trinitrophenol (picric acid, tNPh) and 2-naphtol (BN) from their water solutions was tested with C1, C2 and with the untreated cellulose material C0. Phenol adsorption did not occur. All the other aromatic molecules were removed in different amount both by C1 and C2. C1 and C2 showed different affinities towards nitrophenols and 2-naphtol. While C1 was much more effective for removing the hydrophobic 2-naphtol, C2 had higher adsorption capacity towards the hydrophilic nitrophenols, in agreement with their branches polarity, respectively.
Vismara
Elena
E
Dipartimento di Chimica, Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali "G. Natta" del Politecnico di Milano, Via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy. elena.vismara@polimi.it
Melone
Lucio
L
Gastaldi
Giuseppe
G
Cosentino
Cesare
C
Torri
Giangiacomo
G
D000327:Adsorption; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry*; D032561:Cotton Fiber; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003368:Gossypium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*
D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D006841:Hydrocarbons, Aromatic; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008689:Methacrylates; D010636:Phenols; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002482:Cellulose; C007870:glycidyl methacrylate