Preparation and characterization of a new coagulant based on the sago starch biopolymer and its application in water turbidity removal

• Main Authors: Qudsieh, I. Y. M., Fakhru'l, Razi A., Kabbashi, N. A., Mirghani, M. E. S., Fandi, K. G., Alam, M. Z, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Nasef, Mohamed Mahmoud
• Format: Article
• Published: Wiley InterScience 2008
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/7187/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.28399
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A new organic coagulant, sago starch (SS)-graft-polyacrylamide (PAm), was prepared by the cericion-induced redox polymerization of acrylamide (Am) onto SS at room temperature. The effects of the variation of the concentration of Am and the initiator on the percentages of yield and total conversion w...