- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The Uptake of Metal Ions by NaOH-Treated Phema, 2019
- Creator:
- Alsahli, Sultan
- Date of Original:
- 2019-12
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This thesis work is aimed to modify 2 -hydroxyethyl methacrylate (PHEMA) hydrogels and to improve its property . The approach includes the treatment of HEMA with aqueous NaOH. The basic hydrolysis condition creates hydrogel with -CO2H groups in addition to the original OCH2CH2OH groups. The presence of CO2 was identified by Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR). The swelling property was examined and it is found that the modified hydrogel not only uptakes metal ions, such as Cu(II) and Ni(II), but also retains them.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2019_alsahli_sultan
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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