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The preparation of a chelating ion-exchange network based on acrylonitrile was carried out by chemical modification with hydroxylamine. The beads of resin were synthesized by aqueous suspension copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN), styrene (STY) and divinylbenzene (DVB). The influence of diluent used in the suspension polymerization on the structure of the resulting copolymers was evaluated. The diluents employed were heptane (HEP), toluene (TOL) and anisole (ANI). It was found that the AN incorporation into copolymer structure was dependent on the diluent used. Conversion of nitrile groups into the amidoxime was conducted by treatment with hydroxylamine under alkaline solution. The resins were characterized by apparent density, surface area, average pore diameter, elemental analysis (CHN), FTIR and optical microscopy. Based on the results obtained, it was possible to control the porosity by diluent employed in the synthesis and to modify chemically a resin containing nitrile groups by hydroxylamine reaction.
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Received: 6 October 2001/Revised version: 2 April 2002/ Accepted: 11 April 2002
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Carneiro Riqueza, E., Palermo de Aguiar, A., Santa Maria, L. et al. Modification of porous copolymers network based on acrylonitrile. Polymer Bulletin 48, 407–414 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-002-0034-y
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-002-0034-y