Evaluation of Performance and Stability of a Gel-Type Polymer Sorbent for Recovery of Phosphate from Waste Streams
Michela Pacchione, Lucas Urbano José, Ulla Gro Nielsen, John W. McGrath, Panagiotis Manesiotis · 2024
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Michela Pacchione and co-authors build a reusable gel that pulls phosphate from waste water in a 2024 study. Phosphorus is vital for fertilizer, yet mined rock is finite and poor management leaks it into waterways, feeding algal blooms. A circular economy needs ways to catch it back. Their material is an anion exchange polymer, a gel studded with charged groups that grab phosphate ions.
The team made the gel by suspension polymerization and fitted it with binding groups. Tests showed it captured phosphate even with rival ions present, and from real wastewater samples. Column runs measured its working capacity. Solid-state scans after fifty capture-and-release cycles showed no decay and no loss of binding power. The authors present the gel as a durable tool for phosphorus recovery, ready for reuse across many cycles.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Michela Pacchione, Lucas Urbano José, Ulla Gro Nielsen, John W. McGrath, Panagiotis Manesiotis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |