A composite based on amino-containing humic acid with the immobilization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes preliminarily tuned to a copper ion has been obtained. The synthesis of a composite pre-tuned for sorption by the local arrangement of macromolecular regions was obtained by introducing multi-walled carbon nanotubes and a molecular template into the composition of humic acid, followed by copolycondensation with acrylic acid amide and formaldehyde. The template was removed from the polymer network by acid hydrolysis. As a result of this tuning, the macromolecules of the composite “remember” conformations that are favorable for sorption, i.e., adsorption centers are formed in the polymer network of the composite, capable of repeated, highly specific interaction with the template and the highly selective extraction of target molecules from the solution. The reaction was controlled by the added amine and by the content of oxygen-containing groups. The structure and composition of the resulting composite were proven by physicochemical methods. A study of the sorption properties of the composite showed that after acid hydrolysis, the capacity increased sharply compared to a similar composite without tuning and a composite before hydrolysis. The resulting composite can be used as a selective sorbent in the process of wastewater treatment.
We obtained modified humic acid-based cross-linked composite pre-tuned to the sorbed copper ion. The composite synthesis had three stages. At first, we obtained prepolymerization complex using humic acids iso-lated from Shubarkol deposit oxidized coals and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with template (CuSO4). We used ultrasonic activation for uniform dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Second stage comprised copolymerization in the presence of amine and cross-linker; here the prepolymerization composite complex with the template was fixed in certain nodes of polymer network. At the third stage, acid hydrolysis destroyed the bonds of the template with the composite macromolecules, the template was re-moved, and imprints complementary to the template in shape, size, and functionality were formed and re-tained “molecular memory”. Such tuning forms adsorption centers in the polymer network of the composite, which can repeatedly and highly specifically interact with the template, and highly selectively extract target molecules from solution, leading to significant increase in sorbent capacity. The reaction was controlled by direct and back titration, and added amine, which was determined using Elementar Unicube elemental ana-lyzer. The crosslinked composite can be used as a selective sorbent tuned to a specific metal ion.
The article presents the results of a study of the synthesis of composite materials based on coal waste combined with coal and polymer raw materials, using ultrasonic chemistry methods and determining the possibility of their use as an active mineral additive for replacing part of cement in fine-grained concrete. By varying the composition of the matrix and the filler, a composite material is obtained whose properties are quantitatively and qualitatively different from the properties of each of its components. As a filler in the composition of the composite material, burned rock is used - the product of oxidative self-firing of waste rock, extracted together with coal to the surface. Burned rocks contain an organic part (unburned carbonaceous impurities) and a mineral part (calcined clay-sandy part). Features of the material composition of burned rocks, coal industry waste allows us to consider them as secondary mineral raw materials. The binder in the composite material used is thiourea-formaldehyde resin. The resin was obtained by the standard method of polycondensation of thiourea with formaldehyde at a molar ratio of thiocarbamide:formaldehyde = 1:2. The choice of thiourea-formaldehyde resin is due to the availability, water solubility and the presence of a sufficient number of proton acceptor centers capable of complexation with a modifier. The modifier for composite materials used a coal waste product related to promising natural polymers in nanotechnology, sodium humate, extracted by alkaline extraction from oxidized coal from the Shubarkol deposit. Sodium humate refers to polyfunctional polymers with a unique combination of hydrophobic and hydrophilic sites, a variety of oxygen-containing functional groups, aromatic, heterocyclic and other groups. All this suggests a high ability of sodium humate to intermacromolecular interactions with both the burned rock and thiourea-formaldehyde resin. Composite material based on burned rock, sodium humate with thiourea-formaldehyde resin was synthesized by impregnation using ultrasonic treatment. The decisive role of ultrasonic activation is shown and the effectiveness of its application to the process of producing composites is noted. The modern physicochemical and physicomechanical methods have characterized the composition and structure of the obtained composite materials. The mineralogical composition of composite materials was studied using x-ray phase analysis, and surface morphology based on microscopic analysis using a scanning electron microscope. Filling the composite material with burnt rock provides higher physical and mechanical properties. The strength of burnt-filled composites is higher than that of samples of a similar composition without burnt rock. The resulting composite can be used as a building material. Key words: composite material, filler, binder, burned rock, thiourea-formaldehyde resin.
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