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Leonhardt, F.; Hortschansky, Peter; Drechsler, J.; Pohl, Hans‐Dieter

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“…Poly(ethylene imine) (PEI) is a cationic polymer used for a wide variety of applications. These include electrochemical biosensors,4 cell flocculating agents,5 permeabilization of bacterial cell walls,6 retention of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) in membrane reactors,7 adsorption of biomass,8 and microencapsulation of silicone oils 9. PEI acts as a chelating agent for many metals and has also been used for the removal of cadmium.…”

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Adsorption of heavy‐metal ions on poly(ethylene imine)‐immobilized poly(methyl methacrylate) microspheres

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Bektaş

Genç

et al. 2001

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microspheres carrying poly(ethylene imine) (PEI) were prepared for the removal of heavy-metal ions (copper, cadmium, and lead) from aqueous solutions with different amounts of these ions (50 -600 mg/L) and different pH values (3.0 -7.0). Ester groups in the PMMA structures were converted to imine groups in a reaction with PEI as a metal-chelating ligand in the presence of NaH. The adsorption of heavy-metal ions on the unmodified PMMA microspheres was very low [3.6 mol/g for Cu(II), 4.6 mol/g for Cd(II), and 4.2 mol/g for Pb(II)]. PEI immobilization significantly increased the heavy-metal adsorption [0.224 mmol/g for Cu(II), 0.276 mmol/g for Cd(II), and 0.126 mmol/g for Pb(II)]. The affinity order of adsorption (in moles) was Cd(II) Ͼ Cu(II) Ͼ Pb(II). The adsorption of heavy-metal ions increased with increasing pH and reached a plateau value around pH 5.5. Their adsorption behavior was approximately described with the Langmuir equation.

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