Quaternization of poly(4-vinyl pyridine) beads with 2-chloroacetamide for selective mercury extraction

Sonmez H., Bicak N.

REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS, vol.51, no.1, pp.55-60, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2002
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s1381-5148(02)00033-0
  • Journal Name: REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.55-60
  • Istanbul Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Crosslinked poly(4-vinyl pyridine) resin 'Reillex(R) 425' has been quaternized almost quantitatively with 2-chloroacetamide in DMF solvent. The quaternized resin with 4.03 mmol g(-1) quaternization density is an efficient sorbent for selective mercury extraction from aqueous solutions. About 4 mmol g(-1) mercury loading capacity of the resin implies that met sorption takes place mostly by formation of monoamido-mercury structures. Only negligible amounts (about 0.1 mmol g(-1)) of foreign ions Ca(II), Mg(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), Pb(II) and Fe(III) with 0.15 M concentrations are absorbed by the resin. The mercury sorption is rapid enough and shows first order kinetics (k = 2.38x10(-3) s(-1) from H-Cl-2 solution). The quaternized resin can be regenerated by stripping of the sorbed mercury with hot acetic acid. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.