M. Zamora et al., A STUDY OF THE CHELATION BEHAVIOR OF HEAVY-METAL IONS USING A NEW SYNTHETIC SUPPORT - PAS-GLUT, European Polymer Journal, 32(1), 1996, pp. 125-128
A synthetic gel obtained by bulk polymerization of sucrose acrylate an
d incorporating glutaraldehyde crosslinking was used to remove heavy m
etal ions from aqueous and organic solutions through chelation. The in
fluences of pH, concentration, swelling index, temperature, and solven
t on the gel's chelation tendencies towards CuCl2, Pb(NO3)(2), HgCl2,
Ca(OH)(2), NiSO4, UO2Ac2 and Hg(AcO)(2) are described in this paper.