Synthesis and characterization of polymeric composite adsorbents for the removal of radioactive materials from wastewater / Michael Adekunle Olatunji
Abstract
The research focused on the synthesis of polypyrrole conducting polymer derivatives for the removal of 109Cd, 137Cs and 60Co radionuclides. The polypyrrole-based adsorbents (pure polpyrrole, surfactant-doped polypyrrole, polypyrrole/sawdust composite and polypyrrole/activated carbon composite) were characterized by FESEM, HR-TEM, BET, FTIR, XRD, TG-DTG and Boehm titration methods. All the polypyrrole materials were successfully tested to remove 109Cd, 137Cs and 60Co radionuclides from aqueous solutions. The preliminary investigations revealed that the composite materials have higher removal percentage for the radionuclides than the pure polypyrrole. Comparison of the removal by the composites revealed that the polypyrrole/ activated carbon composite prepared in the presence of anionic surfactant had higher removal percentage for all the radionuclides than the polypyrrole/sawdust composite prepared with or without the anionic surfactant. Consequently, the effect of the experimental variables on adsorption of the radioactive materials were investigated by using composites of surfactant-doped polypyrrole (PPy/SDBS) and surfactant-doped polypyrrole/activated carbon (PPy/SDBS/AC) and the results were compared with that of pure polypyrrole (PPy). For all polypyrrole adsorbents, the effect shows increasing the uptake of the radionuclides with increasing solution pH, initial ion concentration, contact time and temperature, except for 109Cd radionuclide that decreased with increasing…
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