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Synthesis and properties of lipophilic polyelectrolyte styrene/butyl methacrylate/stearyl methacrylate resin as absorbent materials for organic solvents and oils

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This article reported a novel type of lipophilic polyelectrolyte resin with high oil absorbency and mechanical properties, which was suitable to use, store, and recycle. A certain amount of weakly coordinating ions was introduced in a suitable network structure of copolymer resin of styrene/butyl methacrylate/stearyl methacrylate by chloromethylation reaction, quaternization reaction, and anion exchange reaction. The structure and particle morphology of resin were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and scanning electron microscopy, respectively. Research on oil absorption test has revealed that lipophilic polyelectrolyte resin had higher oil absorbency, faster oil-adsorbing rate, and better reusability compared with non-ionic oil absorption resin. Meanwhile, the effect of the content of ionic groups on the oil absorbency of the lipophilic polyelectrolyte resin was also investigated. The results showed that the maximum of oil absorbency of the resin to the carbon tetrachloride was 37.86 g/g when the content of ionic groups was 4.54 wt%.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21172167) and Science and Technology Foundation of Tianjin (Grant No. 14JCTPJC00505)

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  1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Jie Chen, Pei Fang, Yang Du & Xin Hou

  2. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, People’s Republic of China

    Jie Chen, Pei Fang, Yang Du & Xin Hou

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Chen, J., Fang, P., Du, Y. et al. Synthesis and properties of lipophilic polyelectrolyte styrene/butyl methacrylate/stearyl methacrylate resin as absorbent materials for organic solvents and oils. Colloid Polym Sci 294, 119–125 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3762-x

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