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Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methacryloylglutamic acid) nanospheres for adsorption of Cd2+ ions from aqueous solutions

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Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-N-methacryloyl-(l)-glutamic acid) p(HEMA–MAGA) nanospheres have been synthesized, characterized, and used for the adsorption of Cd2+ ions from aqueous solutions. Nanospheres were prepared by surfactant free emulsion polymerization. The p(HEMA–MAGA) nanospheres were characterized by SEM, FTIR, zeta size, and elemental analysis. The specific surface area of nanospheres was found to be 1,779 m2/g. According to zeta size analysis results, average size of nanospheres is 147.3 nm with poly-dispersity index of 0.200. The goal of this study was to evaluate the adsorption performance of p(HEMA–MAGA) nanospheres for Cd2+ ions from aqueous solutions by a series of batch experiments. The Cd2+ concentration was determined by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometer. Equilibrium sorption experiments indicated a Cd2+ uptake capacity of 44.2 mg g−1 at pH 4.0 at 25 °C. The adsorption of Cd2+ ions increased with increasing pH and reached a plateau value at around pH 4.0. The data were successfully modeled with a Langmuir equation. A series of kinetics experiments was then carried out and a pseudo-second order equation was used to fit the experimental data. Desorption experiments which were carried out with nitric acid showed that the p(HEMA–MAGA) nanospheres could be reused without significant losses of their initial properties in consecutive adsorption and elution operations.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Adnan Menderes University, 09010, Aydin, Turkey

    Cem Esen

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100, İzmir, Turkey

    Raziye Hilal Şenay, Esra Feyzioğlu & Sinan Akgöl

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Esen, C., Şenay, R.H., Feyzioğlu, E. et al. Poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methacryloylglutamic acid) nanospheres for adsorption of Cd2+ ions from aqueous solutions. J Nanopart Res 16, 2255 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-014-2255-z

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