WIT Press


Bentonite Acrylic Copolymers Modified As Effective Oil Absorbents

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

196

Pages

7

Page Range

529 - 535

Published

2015

Size

652 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/WRM150451

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

E. N. Glazacheva, M. V. Uspenskaya, I. E. Strelnikova

Abstract

The oil sorption on modified bentonite granules was investigated. The sorbent is synthesized through radical polymerization of acrylic acid on the surface of Na-montmorillonite. Sorption isotherms, absorption rate constant and sorption rates were determined.

Keywords

bentonite, modification, acrylic acid, polymerization, sorbent, oil spills, sorption kinetics