A novel hydrophobically modified and cationic flocculant poly(acrylamide-methacryloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxy silane) (P(AM-DMC-MAPMS)) was synthesized by inverse emulsion polymerization. The molecular structure of hydrophobically cationic polyacrylamide (HCPAM) was characterized by FTIR and 1 H-NMR. The effects of DMC and MAPMS feed ratio on intrinsic viscosity and solubility were measured. The effects of hydrophobically cationic flocculants on reactive brilliant red X-3B solution and kaolin suspension were studied. It was found that the introduction of MAPMS could increase the intrinsic viscosities of P(AM-DMC-MAPMS) and enhance the flocculation properties to anionic dye solution and kaolin suspension, but reduced their water-solubility. V
Poly(acrylamide-diallyldimethyl ammonium chloride-vinyl trimethoxy silane) [P (AM-DAD-MAC-VTMS)] was prepared by inverse free-radical emulsion polymerization technique. VTMS segment was hydrolyzed and condensed to form three dimensional networks. The effects of different factors, such as hydrophobic monomer feed ratio, cationic monomer feed ratio, pH value, and NaCl concentration, on decolorization efficiency were studied. Moreover, the decolorization mechanism was also explained by analyzing FTIR spectra and UV-vis spectra. The introduction of VTMS on flocculant enhanced removal efficiency of dye molecules. With the increasing VTMS, adsorption and net roofing-sweeping action of hydrophobically modified cationic polyacrylamide played the dominant role in the decoloring process of anion dye.
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