摘要
Toxic Zn（II） ion imprinted interpenetrating polymer networks were synthesized for the selective sorption of Zn（ll） from aqueous solutions using a biopolymer alginic acid. The polymeric biosorbant was prepared using Zn（II） ion as template, acrylamide as functional monomer, cross linker NNMBA （N,N＇ Methylene-bis-acrylamide） and potassium persulphate as an initiator. The non-imprinted polymer networks were also prepared without use of the Zn（II） ion. The synthesized interpenetrating networks were characterized by various spectral techniques. Metal ion binding studies were carried out and the factors affecting binding were also optimized. Competitive sorption studies were investigated to determine the selectivity of Zn（II） ion imprinted interpenetrating polymer network. Zinc ion imprinted polymer networks showed good selectivity for the target ion.
