A new thiourea and urea functional monomers were synthesized. A series of hydrogels were prepared by photopolymerization. The hydrogels were used for the removal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) ions from aqueous solutions. The influence of the uptake conditions such as the pH, the time, and the initial feed concentration on the metal ion binding capacity of hydrogel was tested. The selectivity of the hydrogels towards the different metal ions was also tested. The adsorption isotherm models were applied. The limits of detection and quantification were calculated. The usability of the hydrogels for preconcentration studies were also investigated.
Street dust composition is an important environmental parameter that should be considered in investigations of environmental pollution originating from traffic. In this study, fifty-six samples of street dusts were collected during the period December 2003-April 2004 from Pendik to Levent on E-5 highway in Istanbul, Turkey. Analyses were determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after digestion using USEPA, 1996 (Method 3050B). The mean concentration levels of Pb, Mn, Zn, Ni, Cd and Cu were found to be 368.3, 747.8, 431.2, 27.1, 0.3 and 191.1 microg/g respectively. Pb, Cu, Zn and Mn mean concentrations in studied areas were higher than levels of these heavy metals according to USEPA (1992) and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Environment and Foresty (2003). Highly significant correlations except for Mn were found between the number of vehicles and heavy metal concentrations.
In this study, the photo-Fenton process was used to identify degradation conditions of Reactive Blue 19 (RB19) and Reactive Red 21 (RR21). The effects of pH, initial H 2 O 2 and FeSO 4 concentrations, time, and UV light intensity in determining the degradation rate were studied. The optimal conditions for the degradation of 0.156 mmol L À1 RB19 and 0.036 mmol L À1 RR21 in water were found to be: pH 4, 0.1 mL 30% H 2 O 2 for RB19 and RR21, 0.2 mL 0.5% FeSO 4 for RB19 and 0.1 mL 0.5% FeSO 4 for RR21, 20 mL volume, and a temperature of 20°C. Optimal conditions were applied to synthetic dye wastewater using small amounts of H 2 O 2 in 1 L for degradation. The degree of degradation efficiency of synthetic wastewater by the photo-Fenton process was found to be >95% within 10 min.
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