Preparation of a novel magnetic resin for effective removal of both natural organic matter and organic micropollutants

A novel, bifunctional, hypercrosslinked, magnetic resin W2 was prepared using divinylbenzene （DVB） and glycidyl methacrylate （GMA） as comonomers in three steps （i.e., suspension polymerization, amination and post-crosslinking reactions）. To evaluate the adsorption of natural organic matter （NOM） and organic micropollutants （OMPs） on the obtained resin W2, two magnetic resins W1 （the precursor of W2 before post-crosslinking） and W0 （the precursor of W1 before amination） were chosen for comparison. The results indicated that W2 would be a promising material for the removal of both NOM and OMPs from aquatic environments.