Carbonisation of a polymer made from sulfur and canola oil

Carbonisation of a polymer made from sulfur and canola oil

A polymer made from equal masses of sulfur and canola oil was carbonised at 600 °C for 30 minutes. The resulting material exhibited improved uptake of mercury from water compared to the polymer. The carbonisation could also be done after using the polymer to clean up oil spills, which suprisingly im...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) England), 2021-06, Vol.57 (51), p.6296-6299
Hauptverfasser: Mann, Maximilian, Luo, Xuan, Tikoalu, Alfrets D, Gibson, Christopher T, Yin, Yanting, Al-Attabi, Riyadh, Andersson, Gunther G, Raston, Colin L, Henderson, Luke C, Pring, Allan, Hasell, Tom, Chalker, Justin M
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Canola oil
Carbonization
Chemistry
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mercury (metal)
Oil spills
Physical Sciences
Polymers
Science & Technology
Sulfur
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Zusammenfassung:A polymer made from equal masses of sulfur and canola oil was carbonised at 600 °C for 30 minutes. The resulting material exhibited improved uptake of mercury from water compared to the polymer. The carbonisation could also be done after using the polymer to clean up oil spills, which suprisingly improved mercury uptake to levels rivaling commercial carbons. A polymer made from sulfur and canola oil can be used as an oil spill sorbent and then repurposed into a sulfur-rich graphitic carbon for mercury removal from water.
ISSN:1359-7345
1364-548X
DOI:10.1039/d1cc01555a