Sulphonation of expanded polystyrene waste with commercial sulphuric acid for potential use in removal of heavy metals from contaminated waters

[摘要] Polystyrene has been sulphonated using commercial sulphuric acid in order to obtain ion exchangers, which could be used to uptake some heavy metals from solutions. Reaction conditions which affect the sulphonation conversion, have been...

[学科分类] 工业化学

[关键词] expanded polystyrene waste;irradiation;removal toxic elements;sulphonation