Abstract
The terpolymer 4-hydroxy acetophenone- urea-formaldehyde has been synthesized using 4-hydroxyacetophenone, urea, and formaldehyde in 2M HCl as a catalyst by microwave irradiation (MWI) as well as conventional condensation method. Synthesis by microwave irradiation is performed at 300 W for twenty minutes where as the conventional method took five hours refluxing at 140 to 145°C. The synthesized terpolymer has been characterized on the basis of spectral data generated from UV-Visible, FTIR, H1NMR, C13NMR and elemental analyses. Thermal degradation studies of the terpolymer has been carried out by TG, DTA and DTG techniques to determine their mode of decomposition and relative thermal stability in air atmosphere with heating rate of 20° C/min from ambient temperature to 800° C. A preliminary study of the synthesized terpolymer for its metal uptake property has been carried out in order to find its application as ion exchanger.
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