Chelating Polymers and Environmental Remediation

Abstract

Although there are many approaches to clean up wastewater and soil contaminated with heavy metals and other industrial pollutants, remediation with chelating polymers is one of the most versatile and inexpensive methods. The polymer ligand's efficiency and selectivity for particular metal ions are two important parameters that can be controlled by ligand type, ligand density, solubility of the polymer, as well as operating pH. An overview of remediating polymers and ligands currently in use as well as an outlook for the future directions of chelating polymer design are presented in this work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA495762

Entities

People

  • Nicole E. Zander

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Carboxylic Acids
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Efficiency
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Heavy Metals
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Metals
  • Nanoparticles
  • Nanotechnology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymer Degradation
  • Polymeric Films
  • Polymers

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry

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  • Environmental Engineering
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design