Synthesis and properties of a ternary polyacrylate copolymer resin for the absorption of oil spills

Abstract

A high-oil-absorption resin of a ternary copolymer for the absorption of oil spills was successfully prepared by suspension polymerization, and characterizations of the oil-absorption resin were also examined in this study. The high-oil-absorption resin, a ternary copolymerized long-chain polyacrylate with styrene (St), butyl methacrylate (BMA), and stearyl methacrylate (SMA) as the monomers and synthesized by suspension polymerization, was introduced. The oil-absorption resin of St/BMA/SMA was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry. The particle morphology of the resin was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The effects of different polymerization technological parameters, such as the mass ratios of the monomer, the benzoyl peroxide initiator, and the crosslinking agent of divinylbenzene; the sort and concentrations of the dispersing agent of hydroxyl ethyl cellulose, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, and gelatin, and the polymerization temperature, on the oil absorbency of St/BMA/SMA are discussed in detail. The optimum polymerization conditions of the St/BMA/SMA copolymer were obtained as follows: m St /m monomer 5 50 wt %, m BMA /m soft monomer 5 60 wt %, m water /m oil 5 3:1, m DVB /m monomer 5 1.0 wt %, m BPO /m monomer 5 1.5 wt %, m HEC /m monomer 5 0.07 wt %, m SDBS / m monomer 5 0.03 wt %, m gelatin /m monomer 5 0.14 wt % (where m is the mass), temperature 5 85 C. With increasing content of these factors, the oil absorbency increased at first and then decreased. Compared with binary copolymer St/BMA prepared in previous research, the highest oil absorbencies to dichloromethane were 12.80 and 23.00 g/g in the St/BMA and St/BMA/SMA copolymers, respectively. St/ BMA/SMA had a higher oil absorbency and faster oil-adsorbing rate than St/BMA. The oil absorption in the oil-water mixture and the recovery of the resin were also studied in detail.

Synthesis and oil absorption of biomorphic MgAl Layered Double Oxide/acrylic ester resin by suspension polymerization

“…As shown in Table 1, obviously, the absorption capacity for chloroform, carbon tetrachloride and toluene of composite resin were greater than the acrylic ester resin. There was a comparison with previous literature data of the oil absorption [5,9,[20][21][22][23]. Compared with other literature data of synthetic sorbents, composite resin was much easier to prepare and has a better absorption performance, demonstrating its great potentials in the removal of organics.…”

Facile fabrication of porous oil-absorbent microspheres with high oil absorbency and fast oil absorption speed

“…The oil absorbencies of OAM-N toward chloroform, toluene, gasoline, and diesel are 59.6, 31.8, 28.2, and 25.3 g/g respectively, while those of OAM-T toward these four oils are 61.9, 32.6, 28.8, and 28.2 g/g. Thus, both oil-absorbent microspheres exhibited high oil absorbencies toward the four oils, [7,16,17,[21][22][23][24] and Scheme 1. Schematic representation for preparing the porous oil-absorbent microspheres.…”

Amine‐containing olefin copolymer with CO2‐switchable oil absorption and desorption

“…We urgently need functional materials to absorb crude oil and non‐water soluble organic solvents . Over the past decades, polymer absorbents had been widely used . For polymer absorption material, the polymer chains are generally crosslinked.…”