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Quantification of Humic and Fulvic Acids in Humate Ores, DOC, Humified Materials and Humic Substance-Containing Commercial Products
Published on: March 18, 2022
Humic acid removal using cellulose acetate membranes grafted with poly (methyl methacrylate) and aminated using
Kibrom Alebel Gebru1, Chandan Das2
1Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, Adigrat University, Tigray, Ethiopia.
Abstract:
Graft copolymerization of cellulose acetate (CA) and poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) was synthesized through free radical polymerization in the presence of cerium sulfate (CS) as initiator under nitrogen atmosphere in an aqueous solution. During the grafting reactions, the effects of polymerization time and temperature on the grafting were investigated. Furthermore, functionalization of the synthesized product was done using amine group (tetraethylenepentamine, TEPA). The results from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (1H NMR) spectra confirmed a successful grafting of PMMA on the CA membrane surfaces. Zeta potential (ζ), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) characterization studies were done. The maximum removal efficiencies for un-grafted CA (un-g-CA), CA-g-PMMA, and CA-g-PMMA-TEPA membranes at pH of 7.0 were 34.5%, 83.3%, and 99.1%, respectively. The removal percentage results were detected to increase with increasing in the regeneration cycles. At the end of the fourth cycle, the HA removal percentages were 41.6%, 87.4%, and 99.9% for un-g-CA, CA-g-PMMA and CA-g-PMMA-TEPA membranes, respectively.
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