Synthesis and characterization of poly (AAm-co-AAc)/NaA nanocomposite and removal of methylene blue with it

Subject Areas : Journal of the Iranian Chemical Research

Mojgan Zendehdel ^{1 *} , Abolfazl Barati ² , Haniyeh Alikhani ³

1 - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Arak University, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Arak University, Arak, Iran
3 - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Arak University, Arak, Iran

Received: 2010-07-05 Accepted : 2010-08-20 Published : 2010-12-31

Keywords: Adsorption, nanocomposites, Poly (Acryl amide-co-Acrylic acid), NaA zeolite, Methylene Blue,

Abstract :

The nanocomposites of poly (Acryl amide-co-Acrylic acid) with different contents of NaAzeolite were prepared using ammonium persulfate as an initiator and N, N′-methylenebisacrylamide as the crosslinker. The morphology was characterized by SEM and the structure ofnanocomposite materials was studied with XRD and FT-IR that showed the interaction betweenporous materials and poly (AAm-co-Aac). The adsorption behaviors of methylene blue wereinvestigated for nanocomposites. It was shown that poly (AAm-co-AAc)/NaA nanocompositeshave higher adsorption than NaA and poly (AAm-co-AAc) alone. This effect was attributed togood interaction between the hydroxyl group in porous materials and carboxylic group in poly(AAm-co-AAc) with methylene blue.