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Published on: June 7, 2024
Synthesis and characterization of diphenylamine grafted onto sodium alginate for metal removal
Asmaa Ahmed1, Fatma Mohamed2, Ali M Elzanaty1
1Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef 62514, Egypt.
Abstract:
A novel grafting polymer was synthesized via grafting of diphenylamine (DPA) onto sodium alginate (NaAlg) as a new adsorbent for Cobalt (Co2+) from aqueous solutions. Optimization of sodium alginate grafted by diphenylamine (NaAlg-g-DPA) was addressed in the current study by several parameters including; initiator and monomer concentrations, contact time of polymerization, as well as polymerization temperature. In addition, the structural and chemical characteristics of NaAlg-g-DPA were explored using different modalities later. The results showed that sodium alginate grafted by diphenylamine (NaAlg-g-DPA) is suitable for adsorbent to removal Co2+ ion. The parameters for the adsorption of Co(II) ions by NaAlg-g-DPA were also determined. It was shown that the samples of NaAlg-g-DPA had given good correlation with Temkins isotherm model and their kinetics followed pseudo-second-order model. It was also observed that the adsorption capacity seemed to be dependent on pH value in solution which showed better results at basic pH. The findings from this research show that NaAlg-g-DPA has capability to remove Co (II) from aqueous solutions.
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