title: Grafting of vinyl acetate-ethylacrylate binary monomer mixture onto guar gum.
abstract: Present article reports on guar gum (GG) functionalization through graftcopolymerization of vinylacetate (VAC) and ethylacrylate (EA) from their binary mixtures. The potassium persulfate/ascorbic acid (KPS/AA) redox initiator system has been used for the binary grafting under the previously optimized conditions for VAC grafting at guar gum. The concentration of ascorbic acid (AA), persulfate (KPS), and grafting temperature were varied to optimize the binary grafting. A preliminary investigation revealed that the copolymer has excellent ability to capture Hg(II) from aqueous solution. It was observed that the optimum % grafting sample (CP3) was best at Hg(II) adsorption. CP3 and mercury loaded CP3 (CP3-Hg) have been extensively characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and a plausible mechanism for the grafting has been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad,Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: vschemau@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Vandana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad,Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad,Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sneha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad,Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Tulika
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Malviya
mesh_terms: D000179:Acrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D000327:Adsorption; D005685:Galactans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008351:Mannans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008628:Mercury / Q000737:chemistry; D053149:Plant Gums / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D058105:Polymerization; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000179:Acrylates; D005685:Galactans; D008351:Mannans; D053149:Plant Gums; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C040833:ethyl acrylate; C007894:guar gum; D008628:Mercury; C011566:vinyl acetate
keywords: Ethylacrylate; Grafting; Guar gum; Hg(II) sorption; Vinyl acetate