Ionizing radiation in the polyelectrolytes technology

Gamma ray and accelerated electron beam application in the chemistry of pol yelectrolytes is presented. The polyelectrolytes preparation is based on ra diation induced polymerization of aqueous solutions containing an appropria te mixture of monomers such as acrylamide, acrylic acid, vinyl acetate, dia llyldimethylammonium-chloride and certain initiators, complexing agents and chain transfer agents. The effects of absorbed dose, rate of absorbed dose and chemical composition of aqueous solution on the polymerization process are discussed. The results obtained by testing these polyelectrolytes with waste water from food industry are also given.