Adsorption of Benzene and Aniline Using a Novel Hypercrosslinked Polymeric Adsorbent Modified by Phenolic Hydroxyl Group

Using gelatin as dispersant, liquid paraffin as porogen, novel hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbents of LM-5 and LM-6 were prepared by post-crosslinking reaction with phenol and 2-naphthol, respectively. Bromoethane was used as crosslinking reagent to substitute poisonous organic compound of chloromethyl methylether. 2-Naphthol was used in the post-crosslinking reaction to enhance phenolic hydroxyl group content. The experiments of selective adsorbing aniline on resins in mixture solution, which consisting of benzene and aniline, show that the adsorption of aniline and benzene on LM-6 in aqueous solution are mainly pushed by physical interaction. The adsorption of aniline is also partly pushed by chemical interaction, and the adsorptive enthalpy illuminates that there exists hydrogen-bonding. Owning to the hydrogen-bond, the adsorption capacity of aniline on LM-6 is markedly higher than that of benzene.

Study on Enhancement Adsorption of Pipemidic Acid from Aqueous Solution by Using an Amino Group Modified Hypercrosslinked Polymeric Adsorbents

In the present study, an amino group modified hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbent RDM-200 was prepared and its ability to adsorb pipemidic acid from aqueous solution was tested by using Amberlite XAD-4 as a comparison. Pipemidic acid adsorption isotherm onto RDM-200 is well described by the Freundlich model. The RDM-200 adsorption capacity for PPA was about 510.5 mg/g at 293 K, exhibited larger uptake and stronger affinity of pipemidic acid than XAD-4. The adsorption thermodynamic parameters were calculated and the adsorption was an exothermic, favorable, and more ordered process. The RDM-200 spontaneously adsorbs pipemidic acid mainly by both entropy change and enthalpy change. The RDM-200 exhibited excellent adsorption ability over the pH range 6-10, NaCl showed the positive effect.