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Nanocomposite hydrogel from grafting of acrylamide onto HPMC using sodium montmorillonite nanoclay and removal of crystal violet dye

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Hydrogel nanocomposites were synthesized from grafting of acrylamide onto hydroxypropyl methylcellulose using methylenebisacrylamide crosslinker and sodium montmorillonite (Na-MMt) nanoclay. The effect of nanoclay content on the swelling of nanocomposites was investigated and an optimum swelling capacity was obtained at 12.7 wt% of Na-MMt. The effect of salt solutions on the swelling of nanocomposites revealed that the degree of swelling of samples depends only slightly on the salinity. The structure of nanocomposites was characterized by XRD, SEM, FTIR, and TEM techniques. The XRD and TEM results confirmed the exfoliation of Na-MMt nanoclay in nanocomposite matrix. The morphology of the nanocomposites was characterized by SEM technique and according to the results a loose surface was observed. The nanocomposite hydrogels were evaluated to remove cationic crystal violet dye from water. The investigation of the dye adsorption capacity and rate of nanocomposite hydrogels as a function of Na-MMt content revealed that the both adsorption capacity and rate is enhanced as the nanoclay content is increased in nanocomposite composition. The experimental equilibrated adsorption capacity of nanocomposites was analyzed using Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models. The best fit to the experimental data was obtained with the Langmuir model.

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    Gholam Reza Mahdavinia, Javad Hasanpour, Zeinab Rahmani, Shiva Karami & Hossein Etemadi

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Mahdavinia, G.R., Hasanpour, J., Rahmani, Z. et al. Nanocomposite hydrogel from grafting of acrylamide onto HPMC using sodium montmorillonite nanoclay and removal of crystal violet dye. Cellulose 20, 2591–2604 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-013-0004-6

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