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Adsorptive removal of chromium(VI) using spherical resorcinol-formaldehyde beads prepared by inverse suspension polymerization

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The spherical cross-linked beaded polymers were prepared by condensation of resorcinol and formaldehyde in presence of tri-ethylamine by inverse suspension polymerization technique. The m-cresol, aniline, urea and thiourea were used as co-monomer and polyethylene glycol (PEG 400) was used as porogen. Paraffin oil was used as non-aqueous suspension agent. The polymeric spherical beads were prepared using various types of comonomers exhibiting range of particle size 77.62 to 158.84 μm at 90 °C and 300 rpm for 4 h. The resulting beads were analyzed by elemental analysis, particle size analysis and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The synthesized beads were used for the removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions. A simple and sensitive solid phase extraction procedure was used for the determination of chromium at trace level by spectrophotometric method using 1,5-diphenylcarbazide reagent. The adsorption of Cr(VI) on the resorcinol-formaldehyde beads was monitored by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) analysis. The metal adsorption parameters such as contact time, pH, metal ion concentration and adsorbent dose were investigated. For Cr(VI), the maximum adsorption capacity was about 99% at pH 2 for the resorcinol-formaldehyde beads obtained.

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    Khudbudin Mulani & Kamini Donde

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  3. Polymer Science & Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India

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Mulani, K., Patil, V., Chavan, N. et al. Adsorptive removal of chromium(VI) using spherical resorcinol-formaldehyde beads prepared by inverse suspension polymerization. J Polym Res 26, 41 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-019-1705-9

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