In the present study, a novel pH-sensitive hydrogel composite of pectin-grafted-poly (acrylic acid-co-itaconic acid)/MWCNTs- COOH was prepared by using graft copolymerization of acrylic acid and itaconic acid on pectin backbone with incorporation of MWCNTS- COOH. The prepared hydrogel composite has been employed for the adsorption and controlled release of the diclofenac sodium (DS) drug. The hydrogel composite was characterized by the analysis methods: FTIR, XRD, SEM, and TGA to analyze structural characteristics before and after DS drug adsorption. The swelling ratio of the hydrogel composite was investigated at different pH values from pH 1.2 to 10. According to the results, the swelling ratio of the hydrogel composite was found 4195% at pH 7.4. Adsorption process parameters such as pH, contact time, adsorbent dose, and temperature were investigated and found to have a significant influence on DS drug adsorption. The maximum DS drug loading through adsorption of 91% was obtained at pH 3, adsorbent dose of 0.05 g, contact time of 150 min, and temperature of 15 °C. The adsorption isotherm and kinetic results were well-fitted to Freundlich and second-order models. Thermodynamic parameters including changes in Gibb’s free energy, enthalpy, and entropy suggested that the adsorption of DS drug onto hydrogel composite was a spontaneous and exothermic process. The in vitro drug release experiment showed that the cumulative release of DS drug from hydrogel composite after 35 h was significantly higher in simulated intestinal fluid at pH 7.4 than in simulated gastric fluid at pH 1.2.

Pb를 흡착처리하기 위해 자외선 유도 그라프트 중합을 사용하여 박테리아 셀룰로스에 아크릴산을 모디피케이션한 흡착제를 제조하였다. 제조된 흡착제는 SEM, FTIRATR등의 기기분석에 의해 평가되었고, 흡착실험 결과를 흡착속도의 거동을 고찰하기 위한 방법으로 pseudo-first-order로 언급되어지는 Benaissa 모델과 pseudo- second-order로 언급되어 지는 Kurniawan 모델에 적용하였다. 제조된 흡착제는 Benaissa 모델에 보다 더 일치함을 보여주었다.

본 연구에서는 환경 친화적 재료를 제조할 목적으로 자연계에 풍부한 bacteri al cellulose를 지지체로 하여 이온교환 특성이 있는 acrylic acid 단량체를 자외선 그라프트 중합법으로 고정시켰다. 이 중합체를 중금속 흡착제로서 막분리 hy brid시스템에 적용하기 위해 모델 용질로 Pb에 대한 흡착거동을 조사하였고 이에 대한 흡착 등온식 및 Benaissa model과 Kurniawan model 속도식을 적용하여 해석하였다.

PVA와 PAA블랜드의 용액주조법을 통하여 겔 고분자 전해질막이 제조되었다. 블랜드 내의 PAA함량은 30에서 80 wt% 사이 범위에서 조절되었다. 겔 고분자 전해질을 이용하여 아연공기전지를 제작하였다. 제조된 겔 고분자 전해질의 기계적, 전기적 특성을 인장실험과 임피던스 실험을 통하여 측정하였다. 아연공기전지의 성능은 current interrupt method와 정전류 방전실험을 통하여 측정하였다. 겔 고분자 전해질 내의 PAA함량이 증가함에 따라 인장강도 및 인장탄성계수가 감소하였다. 반면, PAA함량의 증가에 따라 겔 고분자 전해질막의 이온전도도는 증가하였다. 이와 같은 이온전도도의 증가의 아연공기전지 내에서의 효과는 current interrupt method와 정전류 방전실험에서 확인되었다. PAA함량이 높은 겔 전해질막으로 제조된 전지는 낮은 IR손실과 높은 방전용량을 보였다.

본 연구는 직접메탄을 연료전지(Direct Methanol Fuel Cell)에 적용가능한 양이온교환막 개발에 관한 것으로 poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)에 가교제로 poly(acrylic acid-co-maleic acid) (PAM)와 hydroquinonesulfonic acid (HQSA)를 이용하여 가교제의 함량을 변화시키면서 막을 제조하였다. 제조한 막은 가교제의 함량 변화에 따라 메탄을 투과도, 이온전도도를 측정하였으며 기본적인 이온교환막의 특성인 함수율, 이온교환용량 그리고 고정이온농도 등을 측정하였다. PAM 함량이 증가함에 따라 메탄을 투과도와 이온전도도 및 함수율이 조금 증가하는 추세를 보이다 9 wt%부터 감소하는 경향을 보였는데 이는 PAM의 친수성기보다는 가교효과의 영향이라 사료되며 HQSA 함량을 변화시켰을 때는 이온전도도, 함수율 그리고 이온교환용량이 전반적으로 증가하였는데 그 증가폭은 미비하였다.

Water-soluble cutting fluids are used for processing of aluminium materials. This short article describes properties of new additives of water-soluble cutting fluids for aluminium materials. Various Diels-Alder adducts of unsaturated fatty acids with acrylic acid of maleic anhydride were prepared by thermal reactions. Triethanolamine salts of Diels-Alder adducts of dehydrated castor oil fatty acids with acrylic acid or maleic anhydride showed excellent anti-corrosion property of aluminium materals. These thermal adducts showed anti-rust property for cast-iron chips, too.

막소재는 투과증발 막공정에서 메탄을 저항체로 잘 알려진 Poly(vinyl alcohol, PVA)과 술폰기가 있는 가교제 sulfo-succinic acid(SSA)를 PVA에 대해 17 wt.%로 고정시켜 제조하였다. 이에 이온교환능력을 향상시키기 위해 양이온교환기가 포함된 poly(acrylic acid, PAA)를 첨가하여 함량변화에 따라 메탄올투과도 (methanol permeability) 특성과 이온전도도(ion conductivity)를 측정하였으며, 기본적인 이온교환막의 특성인 함수율 (water content), 이온교환용량 (ion exchange capacity, IEC) 등을 측정하였다. PAA함량에 따른 메탄을 투과도와 이온전도도 결과는 SSA만을 사용했을 때 보다 전체적으로 감소하는 경향을 나타났는데 이는 PAA의 함량 증가를 통하여 가교도의 증가로 인한 자유부피감소가 카르복실기인 양이온교환기 도입 영향보다 더 크게 작용한 것으로 판단된다 이온전도도와 메탄올투과도의 결과로부터 'vehicle mechanism'이 본 실험에서 제조된 PVA/SSA/PAA막에서 더 우세한 영향을 미쳤을 것이라 사료된다.

폴리비닐알콜을 고분자계 가교제인 폴리아크릴산-말레산 공중합체를 이용하여 가교제의 농도를 변화시키면서 가교하여 막을 제조하였다. 제조한 막은 FT-IR과 수팽윤도 측정을 통하여 가교반응을 확인하였으며, 가교제 농도 증가에 따라서 수팽윤도가 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 고분자가교제인 폴리아크릴산-말레산 공중합체로 가교된 폴리비닐알콜 막은 글루탈알데히드로 가교된 폴리비닐알콜이나 변성 폴리비닐알콜 막에 비해서 수팽윤도가 감소하였다. 이는 고분자가교제에 의한 화학적가교와 더불어 물리적인 가교효과가 증가하여 막의 팽윤을 억제하기 때문으로 사료된다. 에탄올수용액에 대한 투과증발실험 결과 가교제의 농도가 증가할수록 선택도는 증가하며, 투과유량은 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으며, 공급액 중의 물의 농도가 증가할수록 선택도는 약간 감소하나 투과유량은 급격히 증가하고, 공급액 중의 물의 농도가 증가하여도 가소화현상이 나타나지 않는 것을 관찰하였다. 이는 고분자가교제에 의한 팽윤억제 메카니즘이 작용하기 때문으로 사료된다.

시차주사 열분석기를 이용하여 poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)/poty(styrene-co-acrylic acid) (SAA) blonds에 대한 등온 결정화 속도를 blend의 조성, 사용한 SAA의 공중합조성 및 결정화 온도에 따라 조사하였다. 실험결과는 Avrami 방정식을 이용하여 분석하였다. Avrami지수는 결정화 온도에 관계없이 거의 모든 blend 시료에서 2의 값을 나타내었다. 결정화 속도는 blend시료의 SAA 함량 및 사용한 SAA 공중합체의 아크릴산함량이 증가함에 따라 급격히 느려졌다.

To developed new process for obtaining maximum molecular weight of anionic acrylamide and acrylic acid copolymer by inverse emulsion polymerization. Concentration of initiator, reducing agent, surfactant and mole ratio of acrylamide-acrylic acid were studied for the process. Semi-batch processes with method of redox, control of reaction temperature, feeding method of monomer and reaction time, was suitable for maximum molecular weight of P(AMAC) from this process obtained 3.09 × 106(Mn.) and 4.41 × 106(Mw.) in molecular weight measured by the intrinsic viscosity method. inverse emulsion polymerization mechanism of P(AMAC) does not followed the Smith-Ewart and Medvedev theory, but selected for concentration of initiator, reducing agent, surfactant, water solubility of monomer.

Electron beam-induced grafting polymerization was employed to prepare Acrylic acid-grafted bacterial cellulose (BC-g-AAc). BC-g-AAc as an adsorbent was applied to remove heavy metals (e.g., As, Pb, and Cd). This study examined followings; morphological change of surface, adsorptive behavior of BC-g-AAc, and interpretation of adsorptive kinetics. Specific surface areas of BC and BC-g-AAc were 0.9527 m2 g-1 for BC and 0.2272 m2 g-1 for BC-g-AAc, respectively as measured by BET nitrogen adsorption, revealing the morphological change of the surface of BC-g-AAc. Batch adsorption test was performed to investigate adsorptive behavior of BC-g-AAc in aqueous solution. The amounts of Pb and Cd adsorbed on BC-g-AAc were 69 mg g-1 and 56 mg g-1, respectively. However, As was not adsorbed on BC-g-AAc due to its neutral nature. Both the Benaissa model and the Kurniawan model were applied in the study to interpret adsorptive kinetics. From the value of correction coefficient (R2), adsorptive kinetics of Pb and Cd were subjected to Kurniawan model referred to pseudo-second-order. Taken together, the results of this study show that BC-g-AAc has potential as a heavy metal (eg., Pb, Cd)-adsorbent made of an environmentally friendly material.

This research investigated the feasibility of rice husk as a biosorbent for removal of ammonium ion from aqueous solutions. To improve the sorption functionality of rice husk, the carboxyl groups were chemically bound to the surface of the rice husk by graft polymerization of acrylic acid using potassium peroxydisulphate as a redox initiator. The removal of ammonium ion by rice husk grafted with acrylic acid (RH-g-AA) was studied in a batch mode and fixed bed columns. The kinetic and equilibrium data obtained from batch experiments follow the second-order kinetics and fit well with the Langmuir isotherm model. The sorption energy determined from D-R model was 8.61 kJ/mol indicating an ion-exchange process as the primary sorption mechanism. To determine the characteristic parameters of the column useful for process design, four mathematical models; Bed Depth Service Time (BDST), Bohart-Adams, Clark and Wolborska models were applied to experimental data obtained from the fixed bed columns with varying bed heights. All models were found to be suitable for simulating the whole or a definite part of breakthrough curves, but the Wolborska model was the best. The fixed bed sorption capacity determined from the Wolborska model was in the range 33.3 ~ 40.5 mg/g close to the value determined in the batch process. The thickness of mass-transfer zone was calculated to be approximately 40 mm from DBST model. The RH-g-AA sorbent could be regenerated by a simple acid washing process without a serious lowering the sorption capacity or physical durability.

This research investigated the feasibility of rice husk as a biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solutions. The carboxyl groups were chemically bound to the surface of the rice husk by graft polymerization of acrylic acid using potassium peroxydisulphate as a redox initiator. The Pb sorption capacity and FT-IR spectra confirmed the presence of carboxyl groups on the structural units of the acrylic acid-grafted rice husk (RH-g-AA). The sorption selectivity of the RH-g-AA for cations under competition with each other was high in the following order: Pb > Cu > Cd ≥ Fe > Mn > Zn > Ni > Mg > K > Cr > Ca. Sorption equilibrium of Pb on RH-g-AA was better described by the Fruendlich isotherm model than the Langmuir isotherm model. The sorption energy obtained from D-R model was 13.13 kJ/mol indicating an ion-exchange process as the primary sorption mechanism. Sorption kinetic data fitted with the pseudosecond- order kinetic model and indicated that both external and intraparticle diffusion took part in sorption processes. The RH-g-AA sorbent could be regenerated for more than 5 times by the washing process with 0.1 M HCl without a serious lowering the sorption capacity.

The efficiency of PP-g-AA and PP-g-St nonwoven fabric synthesized by photoinduced polymerization as an adsorbent for removal NH3-N from waste water was evaluated. The results evidently indicate that the adsorption capacities of NH3-N onto PP-g-AA nonwoven fabric were extremely superior to those onto sulfonated PP-g-St nonwoven fabric, PK and zeolite. PP-g-AA nonwoven fabric showed the maximum adsorption capacity of NH3-N at the degree of grafting of 80 wt.%. The adsorption behaviour of NH3-N onto PP-g-AA and sulfonated PP-g-St nonwoven fabric was controlled by an ion exchange reaction, and tended to be similar to both trends of Langmiur and Freundlish isotherm. Futhermore, PP-g-AA non-woven fabric could be regenerated more than 5 times by a simple washing with 0.1N HCl with no decrease of adsorption capacity and no degradation of physical properties. Also sulfonated PP-g-St nonwoven fabric could be regenerated by washing with 0.1N H2O4. However, their regeneration efficiency was significantly low because grafting layer acted as functional radical for adsorption was continuously desquamated in the adsorption or regeneration processes, which resulted in decrease of adsorption capacity and weight of adsorbent. All results obtained from this study indicate that the NH3-N removal capacity of PP-g-AA non-woven fabric was extremely superior to those of PP-g-St non-woven fabric, PK and zeolite.

In physical and reactive extraction of acrylic acid using various solvents the equilibrium characteristics of extraction were investigated. The degree of extraction in reactive extraction with Tri-n-octylamine(TOA) was 1.5∼3 times than that in physical extraction. Distribution ratio was constant in methyl isobutyl ketone(MIBK) and n-butylacetate(n-BAc) but was increased with increasing the concentration of acrylic acid in benzene and chloroform. It can be explained by formation of dimers. Maximum extraction loadings of acrylic acid were three in benzene and were two in MIBK, chloroform and n-BAc, and it was found that acrylic acid was extracted as the form of A_3R in benzene and A_2R in MIBK, chloroform and n-BAc. In effect of solvent, the degree of extraction was increased as the difference of solubility parameter of solvent and solute was decreased, and as dielectric constant of solvent was increased.