Environmental pollution due to human activities has become a serious
problem around us, which has affected various living organisms worldwide. Therefore,
there is an urgent need for new materials to remediate the polluted environment.
Activated charcoal and copolymer were used to create a composite material. The
material was spectrally characterized, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was
used to examine the material's morphology. The composite material has effectively
eliminated the chosen metal ions from the aqueous solution, according to the metal ion
sorption data. This might be because of the composite's higher specific surface area and
very porous nature. The cation exchange and synthesis of the 2-Amino6-nitrobenzothiazole-adipamide-formaldehyde copolymer are described in this study.
The condensation of 2-Amino-6-nitrobenzothiazole, adipamide, and formaldehyde with
an acid catalyst in the presence of 1:1:2 molar proportions of the reacting monomers at
124°C produced the copolymer. The average molecular weight of this copolymer was
determined by gel permeation chromatography, and the elemental analysis of the
copolymer was used to determine its composition. The UV-visible, FTIR, and 1H
NMR methods were used to characterize the newly synthesized copolymer and its
nanocomposites. This copolymer nanocomposites ion-exchange properties for Cu2+
,
Ni2+, Zn2+, Co2+, and Pb2+ ions were examined using the batch equilibrium method in
fluids with varying ionic strengths and a pH range of 2.0 to 6.0. The removal of these
ions by copolymer nanocomposites followed the order of Cu2+> Ni2+ >Pb2+. According
to the analysis ratio of distribution as a function of pH, this research could be used to
treat industrial wastewater because resin uses more metal ions as the medium's pH
rises. The emerging idea of environmental remediation using polymeric
nanocomposites will be the focus of this chapter.
Keywords: Copolymer, Nanocomposites, Environment remediation, Batch equilibration method, Synthesis, Toxic metal ions.
