Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and nanocomposites PMMA/nano-clay were widely applied in many different fields. Bone cement is one of the important application which makes artificial bones and joints. The purpose of our study is the improvement of properties of PMMA. Therefore, organo-clay modified by polyethylene oxide (PEO) was used to reinforce the PMMA resin. In order to increase the interaction between PMMA and organo-clay, the in-situ emulsion polymerization has been used to synthesize nanocomposites. Accordingly, nanocomposites with the weight percentage of organo-clay of 1 %, 3 %, 5 %, 7 % increase the thermal and mechanical properties compared to PMMA. These were evidence of the good interaction between PMMA and organo-clay. In addition, PMMA/5 % MMT-PEO nanocomposite is also synthesized by in-situ Pickering emulsion polymerization [3] to compare with the method of emulsion polymerization.
The Mn3O4-TiO2 nanocomposite was applied as a new solid phase adsorbent for preconcentration of Molybdenum before determination by an UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The solid-phase extraction conditions as pH, the mass of sorbent, contact time, stirring speed, and the elution condition were investigated. Under optimized conditions, the adsorption capacity of adsorbent was 20.69 mg/g, and the elution condition was 0.2M NaOH solution. Molybdenum ions were determined based on its catalytic effect on the oxidation of 1-amino-2- naphthol-4-sulfonic acid (ANSA) with H2O2. The linear calibration graph was in the range of 0.2–2.5 µg/L (r2 = 0.995) with a detection limit of 0.0502 µg/L. The relative standard deviation for five measurements of 2 µg/L of Mo (VI) was 3,37%. The method was applied to the determination of Molybdenum in water samples.
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