Hydrophobic cellulose ester as a sustainable material for simple and efficient water purification processes from fatty oils contamination
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Lavagna, Luca
Nisticò, Roberto
Musso, Simone
Pavese, Matteo
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October 2018
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Lavagna, Luca et al. "Hydrophobic cellulose ester as a sustainable material for simple and efficient water purification processes from fatty oils contamination." Wood Science and Technology 53, 1 (October 2018): 249-261 © 2018 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature
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Abstract
In this study, cellulose fibers were chemically functionalized under mild conditions by introducing palmitate groups in order to produce a hydrophobic cellulose-based ester. The effectiveness and the degree of functionalization were evaluated by FTIR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis, whereas the structural integrity was confirmed by XRD measurements. The prepared materials were tested in water remediation processes from fatty oils mixtures from both animal (cod liver oil) and vegetable (sunflower oil) sources. Experimental kinetic measurements, rationalized by means of the most common models, show that the best performances were reached toward the sunflower oil, hence proving the promising application of such green materials as a sustainable alternative tool for oil–water remediation processes.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-018-1060-8
