Abstract
The radical copolymerization of acrylic acid with acrylamide was carried out at different monomer ratios in solution (DMF) at 60°C. The corresponding homopolymers were also synthesized to compare their metal ion binding abilities. All the copolymers were characterized by elemental analysis. The metal ion binding properties of these water-soluble polymers with Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cd(II), Zn(II), Pb(II), Hg(II), Fe(III), and Cr(III) ions were investigated in aqueous solution using the Liquid-Phase Polymer-Based Retention (LPR) technique. Poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) showed a higher retention compared to the homopolymers for all the metal ions except of Hg(II), which was not retained. Besides, the retention of Cd(II) is higher than that an addition of the retention of both homopolymers. It may be attributed to a synergic effect. Maximum capacity for Cu(II) at pH 5.0 was determined to be 1 mmol g−1 (63.5 mg g−1). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35: 2461–2467, 1997
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