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Effect of Pore Size Distribution and Amination on Adsorption Capacities of Polymeric Adsorbents
Wei Liu1, Yuxi Zhang1, Shui Wang1
1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu Academy of Environmental Sciences, 176# Jiangdong Beilu Road, Nanjing 210036, China.
Abstract:
Polymeric adsorbents with different properties were synthesized via suspension polymerization. Equilibrium and kinetics experiments were then performed to verify the adsorption capacities of the resins for molecules of various sizes. The adsorption of small molecules reached equilibrium more quickly than the adsorption of large molecules. Furthermore, the resins with small pores are easy to lower their adsorption capacities for large molecules because of the pore blockage effect. After amination, the specific surface areas of the resins decreased. The average pore diameter decreased when the resin was modified with either primary or tertiary amines, but the pore diameter increased when the resin was modified with secondary amines. The phenol adsorption capacities of the amine-modified resins were reduced because of the decreased specific area. The amine-modified resins could more efficiently adsorb reactive brilliant blue 4 owing to the presence of polar functional groups.
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