title: Graft copolymerization of cellulose acetate for removal and recovery of lead ions from wastewater.
abstract: In this study, cellulose acetate (CA) was modified by grafting with an equimolar binary mixture of acrylic acid (AA) and acrylamide (AAm) via radical polymerization technique using benzoyl peroxide as an initiator. Comparative studies between CA powder and modified CA [CA-g-(AA-co-AAm)] were investigated for Pb(II) ions removal and recovery from wastewater. The main operating conditions such as pH, concentration of Pb(II) ions and sorbent dose were also studied. Kinetic modeling has been studied and lead uptake capacity was calculated using the Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Kaganer-Radushkevich (DKR) models. The maximum sorption capacity (qemax) for Pb ions was only 9.4 mg/g for unmodified CA, while, it was reached to 66.67 mg/g by using modified CA. Spectroscopic analysis (FTIR), SEM, EDX and XRD analysis were investigated for CA and modified CA before and after recovery of lead ions from wastewater.
authors.affiliation: Polymers and Pigments Department, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth Street, Dokki-Giza P.O. 12622, Egypt. Electronic address: nor_5020@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Nourelhoda A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Abdelwahab
authors.affiliation: Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth Street, Dokki-Giza P.O. 12622, Egypt.
authors.forename: Nabila S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Ammar
authors.affiliation: Water Pollution Research Department, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth Street, Dokki-Giza P.O. 12622, Egypt.
authors.forename: Hanan S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002482:Cellulose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D007854:Lead / Q000633:toxicity*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013816:Thermodynamics; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity; D018508:Water Purification
chemical_list: D002482:Cellulose; D007854:Lead; D062065:Wastewater; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C005062:acetylcellulose
keywords: Cellulose acetate; Graft copolymerization; Isotherm models; Kinetic models; Lead recovery