Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques
2020, Volume 8, Issue 4, Pages: 1568-1573
The morphology and chemical structure of polymer matrix,
as well as the structure of surface of the given anionites are similar
to that studied previously and described in [13]. Thermal
resistance of anionites in OH form was studied by
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Thermograms were obtained
using TGA/DSC1 thermogravimetric analyzer (Mettler Toledo,
Switzerland) in air in the range of 20–600°C at heating rate of
The contact duration of sorbents with solutions was from 0.5 h to
7 days. The model solutions were prepared using SrCl *6H O,
2 2
reagent grade. The SC was calculated by the difference between
initial and equilibrium concentration of solutions, determined by
classical polarography against 0.5 M LiCl by the reduction wave
2+
Sr (E1/2 = −2.03 V). Polarograms were recorded using a PU-1
universal polarograph with the measurement error of ±0.5% in
thermostatic cell at 25±0.5°C using dropping mercury electrode.
Oxygen was removed from the analyzed solution by purging
argon for 5 min. Saturated calomel electrode was used as
reference. The modes of sorption experiments were selected
(sorbent-to-solution ratio, concentration and pH of strontium
containing model solutions, and contact duration) being close to
commercial conditions.
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0°C/min. In order to determine static exchange capacity (SEC)
of anionites using 0.1N HCl solution, a sample of anionite in the
OH from in the amount of 1 g on dry basis measured with the
accuracy of 0.0002 g was poured with 100 ml of 0.1N titrated
solution of hydrochloric acid in 250 ml flat bottom flask and
sealed. Reaching equilibrium (24 h), 25 ml of filtrate was titrated
by 0.1N solution of sodium hydroxide in the presence of three
droplets of methyl red until pink color changed into yellow. The
concentration of functional groups in polymer phase
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Results and discussion
Practical application of ionites requires for analysis of their
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corresponding to the ionite SEC (mg-eq·g ) was calculated as
follows: SEC = (100 – 4V)/10 P, where V was the exact volume
of 0.1N solution of sodium hydroxide consumed for titration (ml);
P was the ionite sample on dry basis (g). In order to determine the
volume occupied by mass unit of dry ionite after swelling in
water, a sample of about 10 g was placed into cylinder and poured
with 70 ml of water. The cylinder was tightly sealed and agitated
up to complete wetting of lower layers of ionite and held in
horizontal position for 12 h. Then the cylinder was positioned
vertically, water was refilled to 100 ml, and compacted to constant
volume by tapping cylinder bottom against wooden surface. After
the compaction, the volume occupied by ionite was measured.
physicochemical properties as well as of sorption of metal ions
depending on process conditions. Aiming at determination of
optimum sorption parameters, the influence of concertation and
2
pH of SrCl solutions as well as the contact duration on the
extraction of strontium (II) ions was studied. Table 1 summarizes
the main physicochemical properties of the synthesized anionites
determined according to the procedures in [14, 15].
Table 1: Main physicochemical properties of the synthesized
anionites
Chemical resistance in
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The specific volume of swelled ionite (Vsp, ml·g ) was
determined as follows: Vsp. = V/G, where V was the volume of
swelled ionite, ml; G was the sample of dry ionite, g.
Anionites
based on
SECHCl
,
V ,
ml·g
solutions, %
5N 5N
SO
sp
-
1
-1
mg eq·g
.83
8.95
10%
H O
2 2
H
2
4
NaOH
94.9
A–ECH–
PEI
BA–ECH–
PEI
In order to determine chemical resistance of the ionites with
regard to solutions of acids and alkalis, two ionite samples, 0.1 g
on dry basis each, were placed into 250 ml round bottom reflux
flask. One sample was poured with 100ml of 5N solution of
sulfuric acid, the other sample was poured with 100 ml of 5N
solution of sodium hydroxide. The content of the flasks was held
for 30 min on boiling water bath. Then the mixture was cooled in
air to ambient temperature and the ionite was separated by
filtration. The anionite was converted into hydroxyl form when
required. The ionites were washed in distilled water, their SEC
was determined. Chemical resistance (CR, %) of the ionites was
determined by the ratio of the obtained exchange capacity to the
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4.5
5.7
92.5
97.9
70.1
72.0
98.7
Stringent requirements to thermal resistance are set to ion
exchangers intended for long-term operation at higher
temperatures [16]. The thermal resistance is an important property
of polymer materials allowing to detect destruction processes at
higher temperatures, leading to impairment of operational
properties and environmental pollutions. Destruction of ionites in
dry state allows better estimation of the thermal stability of matrix
and ionogenic groups and determination of initial temperatures of
destruction of these structural elements. Thermograms of A–
ECH–PEI and BA–ECH–PEI are illustrated in Figure 3. The use
of TGA allows to determine the weight loss of ionite during
thermal destruction. The results of TGA of anionites based on
epoxy derivatives of aromatic amines and polyethylenimine are
summarized in Table 2. The TGA curves (Fig. 1, a, b), the shapes
of which are identical, illustrate that the initial temperature of
their destruction, after which the weight loss is significant, is
0 0
initial one: CR = SEC/SEC * 100, where SEC and SEC were the
static exchange capacity of ionites before and after processing
with acid or alkali, respectively. In order to determine the ionite
CR with regard to oxidizing solutions, a sample of ionite (1 g) was
poured with 100 ml of 10% solution of hydrogen peroxide, held
at ambient temperature for 48 h with periodic stirring. The ionite
was separated by filtration, converted into hydroxyl form, washed
in distilled water, the SEC was determined. The ionite resistance
was determined using the previous equation.
260°C for A–ECH–PEI and 280°C for BA–ECH–PEI. These
Sorption of strontium (II) ions by A–ECH–PEI and BA–
ECH–PEI in OH form was analyzed under static conditions at
sorbent:solution ratio equaling to 1:400, 20±2°C, varying the
temperatures on the curves of differential scanning calorimetry
correspond to occurrence of exothermal maximums, which can be
probably attributed to heat evolution upon further structuring of
ionites, then the polymer matrix is destructed. Herewith, their
weight loss is 8%. The commercial sorbent EDE-10p upon
heating to 100–200°C loses more than 20% of its weight [17].
concentration of strontium ions in SrCl
2
solutions from 0.184 to
-1
2
.015 g·l and varying their acidity by addition of 5N HCl
solution in the pH range from 1.0 to 6.3. pH was measured using
pH-150 MI meter with the measurement error of ±0.05 pH units.
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