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Cellulose Material (cellulose + material)
Selected AbstractsA study of the mechanisms of divalent copper binding to a modified cellulose adsorbentJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 5 2010David William O'Connell Abstract A modified cellulose material was prepared by grafting glycidyl methacrylate to cellulose (Cell- g -GMA) with subsequent functionalization with imidazole (Cell- g -GMA-imidazole). This latter compound was used in the adsorption of copper from aqueous solution. The mechanism of Cu(II) binding onto the cell- g -GMA-imidazole was investigated at the molecular level using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), energy dispersive x-ray analysis (EDX) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). FTIR and Raman spectroscopy provided an insight into the extent to which perturbation of the imidazole ring occurred following adsorption of the metal while XPS spectra indicated the binding of Cu(II) ions to nitrogen atoms by the appearance of additional binding energy peaks for nitrogen on the cellulose- g -GMA-imidazole sample post adsorption. The EDX technique provided clear evidence of the physical presence of both the copper and sulfate on the cellulose- g -GMA-imidazole material post adsorption. XRD analysis further confirmed the presence of a copper species in the adsorbent material as copper sulfate hydroxide (Cu3(OH)4SO4 - antlerite). The XRD studies further suggest that the overall extent of Cu(II) adsorption is not alone a combination of true metal chelation as suggested by FTIR, Raman and XPS, but also a function of surface precipitation of the polynuclear copper species. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010 [source] A modified cellulose adsorbent for the removal of nickel(II) from aqueous solutionsJOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY, Issue 11 2006David W O'Connell Abstract A series of adsorption studies was carried out on a glycidyl methacrylate- modified cellulose material functionalised with imidazole (Cellulose- g -GMA-Imidazole) to assess its capacity in the removal of Ni(II) ions from aqueous solution. The study sought to establish the effect of a number of parameters on the removal of Ni(II) from solution by the Cellulose- g -GMA-Imidazole. In particular, the influence of initial metal concentration, contact time, solution temperature and pH were assessed. The studies indicated a Ni(II) uptake on the Cellulose- g -GMA-Imidazole sorbent of approximately 48 mg g,1 of nickel from aqueous solution. The adsorption process fitted the Langmuir model of adsorption and the binding process was mildly endothermic. The kinetics of the adsorption process indicated that nickel uptake occurred within 400 min and that pseudo-second order kinetics best describe the overall adsorption process. Nickel(II) adsorption, recovery and re-adsorption studies indicated that at highly acidic pH values the adsorbent material becomes unstable, but in the range pH 3,6, the adsorbent is stable and shows limited but significant Ni(II) recovery and re-adsorption capability. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry [source] Synthesis and characterization of oxidized celluloseJOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE (IN TWO SECTIONS), Issue 19 2004Dmitry S. Zimnitsky Abstract Samples of oxidized cellulose (OC) with various carboxyl contents and degrees of crystallinity were obtained by the oxidation of native and mercerized cellulose with a solution of nitrogen(IV) oxide in CCl4. A detailed characterization of these OC samples was performed. The effect of oxidation conditions (concentration of N2O4 in the solution and oxidation time) and starting cellulose material on OC characteristics (carboxyl, carbonyl and nitrogen content, degree of crystallinity and polymerization, surface area and swelling, and acidic properties) was investigated. Reactivity in the oxidation process was higher in mercerized cellulose than in native cellulose. The action of dilute solutions (10,15%) of N2O4 did not affect the degree of crystallinity of cellulose samples. Under these conditions, the oxidation took place mainly in amorphous regions and on the surface of crystallites. Oxidation in a concentrated (40%) N2O4 solution led to the destruction of crystallites, which increased the surface area and swelling of cellulose in water. The surface area and the swelling of OC samples increased with a decrease in the index of crystallinity. The acidic properties of OC were shown to increase with an increase of swelling in water. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 4785,4791, 2004 [source] Comparison of flame spread of textiles and burn injury prediction with a manikinFIRE AND MATERIALS, Issue 6 2005Rene M. Rossi Abstract The flame propagation rate of 94 different natural and synthetic fabrics and commercially available garments was assessed using the EN 1103 bench scale test apparatus. To further evaluate the potential burn hazard, the fabrics were then formed into upper garments, put on a full-scale manikin equipped with 122 heat flux sensors and ignited with a small flame. By using a burn prediction model, the time to feel pain on the human skin as well as the time to suffer second degree burns could be calculated. The bench scale and full-scale test data measurements show that the flame propagation rate is inversely proportional to the fabric weight for cellulose materials. The fabrics with the highest flame propagation rates were also the garments with the shortest times to pain and to second degree burns on the manikin. However, some blends of natural and synthetic fibres gave short pain and burn times on the manikin, even when the measured flame propagation rate using EN 1103 was low. Therefore, the flame propagation rate is a good means to predict the potential hazard of fabrics made of natural fibres; for synthetics and blends of natural and synthetic fibres, the heat transfer to the skin has to be considered as well. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] | ||||||||||