Synthesis and Evaluation of Performance Characteristics Green Composites from Sustainable Fatty Chitosan Graft Copolymer with Acrylic Acid for Wastewater Treatment | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||||
Article 60, Volume 64, Issue 10, October 2021, Page 6007-6015 PDF (642.43 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2021.73857.3656 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
S.F. Hamza; M.M. El-Sawy![]() ![]() | ||||
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science(Girles) , Al-Azhar University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Many chitosan adsorbent derivatives for metal ion adsorption have been developed by grafting novel functional groups on the chitosan chain, and these functional groups are combined with chitosan to improve sorption capability. The chemical structure of chitosan was characterized by the spectroscopy of Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR). The degree of N-deacetylation (DDA) was also calculated from FT-IR data. The use of bio sorbent chitosan-fatty acid derivatives makes it possible to extract both heavy metals and organic compounds. In this analysis, the grafting copolymer of fatty chitosan derivatives with acrylic acid polymer was synthesized using ceric ammonium nitrate, the redox nitric acid method under UV irradiation. Synthesized copolymers have been subjected to various analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTA) to confirm the formation of copolymers and to research their thermal stability. The findings show the formation and strong chemical interaction between fatty chitosan derivatives and acrylic acid. Fatty Chitosan derivatives and prepared grafting copolymers have been treated with copper and chromium-containing metal solutions and the results have shown that fatty chitosan derivatives and prepared copolymers are excellent in the removal of heavy metals such as copper and chromium. Prepared compounds could therefore open the way for industrial wastewater treatment. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Fatty chitosan; Environmental pollution; Copper ion; Chromium ion; Grafted copolymer | ||||
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