Synthesis of Clay Composites of Polyacrylamide and Poly-2-Hydroxyethylacrylate and Sorbtion Ability in the Case of Cetylpyridinium Bromide
<p>By the three-dimensional polymerization of nonionic (polyhydroxyethylacrylate and polyacrylamide) <br />polymers and bentonite clay from Manyrak deposit (East Kazakhstan Region) and with using of process <br />preliminary intercalation of monomers in an aqueous suspension of bentonite (polymerization in situ) the <br />chemically crosslinked composite gels were synthesized. Optimal conditions of synthesis and physical-chemical properties of composition gels were established. It was shown, that yield of gel fraction increases <br />with increasing contents of bentonite clay. Insignificant adding of negative charged particles of bentonite clay <br />gives to polymer gels of nonionic type polyelectrolyte character, that comes out in decreasing of swelling <br />degree of gels under effect of ionic strength. By using physical and chemical methods of research: equilibrium <br />swelling, IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM), sorption-desorption, etc. were shown the <br />formation of compatible, homogeneous, swelling in water polyelectrolyte gels formed via hydrogen bonds <br />between the components of the gel, stabilized by hydrophobic interactions of the organic polymer chains. <br />The possibility of the regulation of swelling ability of the composite gels through varying of the outside and <br />inside factors as: consist of the composition, conditions of intercalation, pH of the environment, temperature <br />and ionic strength was established, that is stimulus sensitivity of gels. The sorbtion capacity of polymer-clay composites in attitude surface active substance cetylpyridinium bromide were estimated. Increasing of <br />temperature of environment and content of bentonite clay in composite promotes the process of sorbtion <br />of surface-active substances. Considerably high sorption capacity of polymer clay composition based on <br />more hydrophilic polymer – polyacrylamide was established. By the results of investigations one may, that <br />synthesized polymer clay composites after suitable investigations can be recommend as sorbents of cationic <br />surface active substances.</p>