Organofunctional sol-gel materials for toxic metal separation

  • Hee Jung Im
  • , Terry L. Yost
  • , Yihui Yang
  • , J. Morris Bramlett
  • , Xianghua Yu
  • , Bryan C. Fagan
  • , Leonardo R. Allain
  • , Tianniu Chen
  • , Craig E. Barnes
  • , Sheng Dai
  • , Lee E. Roecker
  • , Michael J. Sepaniak
  • , Zi Ling Xue

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Abstract

Inorganic-organic silica sol-gels grafted or encapsulated with organic ligands were prepared and found to selectively and reversibly remove target metal ions such as Cu 2+, Cd 2+, and Sr 2+. These organofunctional sol-gel materials were hydrophilic and showed fast kinetics of metal uptake. The sol-gels were easily regenerated and used in multicycle metal removal. In our search for new ligands for metal removal, we found that the reactions of thioacetal ligands with Hg 2+ gave Hg(SCH 2COOH) 2.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNuclear Waste Management Acconplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program
EditorsPaul Wang, Tiffany Zachry
Pages223-237
Number of pages15
StatePublished - 2006

Publication series

NameACS Symposium Series
Volume943
ISSN (Print)0097-6156

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