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Synthesis of porous poly-HIPE @ nano silica core–shell composites and their application for oily wastewater treatment

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Oil contaminated wastewater is one of the major problem in the petroleum industry since it is not properly disposed. Drainage of such water either in seawater or soil may have a negative impact on life of human beings as well as other creatures. Therefore, this research work reports new approach for recovery of this type of wastewater via synthesis of core–shell nanocomposite structures as efficient adsorbents for oil droplets elimination. The core of these composites was made of different percentages of freshly synthesized nanoparticles of silica (2.5, 5 and 7.5 Wt. %). These cores were then shelled by polystyrene polymer through the usage of high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) polymerization technique. The three core–shell structures could effectively show increased percentages of oil removal from wastewater. However, the highest level of emulsified oil removal from wastewater (88.5%) could be attained by the composite which contained a silica percentage of 5%. This Nanocomposite, which is labeled as NC 5%, had exhibited specific surface area of 28.84 m2/g, pore volume equals 0.09587cm3/g and an average pore diameter of 18.71 nm. These nice surface characteristics of this Nanocomposite adsorbent are the reason behind its efficient oil capture from the oily wastewater sample.

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  1. Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), 1 Ahmed El-Zomor Street, Nasr City, Cairo, 11727, Egypt

    Ahmed M.A. El Naggar & Mahmoud R. Noor El-Din

  2. Chemistry and Advanced Materials Research Department, Science and Technology Center of Excellence (STCE), El-Salam City, Cairo, Egypt

    Ahmed G. Soliman

  3. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

    Ahmed M. Ramadan & Mohamed A. Youssef

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El Naggar, A.M., Soliman, A.G., Noor El-Din, M.R. et al. Synthesis of porous poly-HIPE @ nano silica core–shell composites and their application for oily wastewater treatment. J Polym Res 29, 35 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-021-02874-7

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