Environmental problems associated with water pollution, are today a serious problem that has attracted great attention of the global community. In particular, the release of various harmful heavy metal ions owing to industrial and agricultural processes represent today the main cause of pollution [1]. Mercury is one of the most hazardous elements for human health for its relatively solubility in water and living tissues. Common methods used for mercury separation from water samples include, liquid-liquid extraction [2], solid-liquid extraction [3], flotation [4] and membrane filtration [5] Moreover, many synthetic polymers opportunely functionalized by impregnation [6], grafting of commercial sorbents [7] or of home-made polymers [8] were prepared. However, a good selectivity is difficult to achieve with the previously mentioned materials. For this reason, highly selective Hg(II) imprinted polymers were prepared using different synthesis approaches and a correlation between the adsorption behavior and morphological characteristics of all polymers was made. Finally, selectivity studies using a mixture of different metal ions, were carried out.
Developments of New Hg(II)-Imprinted Polymer Beads: Adsorption Performances And Morphological Characterization
MERGOLA, LUCIA;SCORRANO, SONIA;BLOISE, ERMELINDA;VASAPOLLO, Giuseppe
2014-01-01
Abstract
Environmental problems associated with water pollution, are today a serious problem that has attracted great attention of the global community. In particular, the release of various harmful heavy metal ions owing to industrial and agricultural processes represent today the main cause of pollution [1]. Mercury is one of the most hazardous elements for human health for its relatively solubility in water and living tissues. Common methods used for mercury separation from water samples include, liquid-liquid extraction [2], solid-liquid extraction [3], flotation [4] and membrane filtration [5] Moreover, many synthetic polymers opportunely functionalized by impregnation [6], grafting of commercial sorbents [7] or of home-made polymers [8] were prepared. However, a good selectivity is difficult to achieve with the previously mentioned materials. For this reason, highly selective Hg(II) imprinted polymers were prepared using different synthesis approaches and a correlation between the adsorption behavior and morphological characteristics of all polymers was made. Finally, selectivity studies using a mixture of different metal ions, were carried out.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
