PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ADSORPTION PERFORMANCES OF TEXTILE WASTE BASED HYDROLYZED CELLULOSE-PVDF COMPOSITES

Abstract

The concepts of industrial waste materials, environmental pollution, and raw material requirement are related to each other, and one is both the result and solution of the other. In this study, sulfuric acid hydrolyzed cellulose separated from textile waste products was used to obtain composites with poly (vinylidene fluoride). The interaction of polymer and cellulose was confirmed by FT-IR and XRD analysis. The surface area and properties of composites were analyzed by SEM imaging and BET techniques respectively. The dye removal performance of hydrolyzed cellulose contained poly (vinylidene fluoride) composite was investigated from an aqueous solution. Both analysis and adsorption results showed that 50% hydrolyzed cellulose and 50% poly(vinylidene fluoride) mixed well and resulted in convenient composite material with a 15.83 m(2)/g surface area. While 75% hydrolyzed cellulose containing sample showed low physical strength, 76.37 mg.g(-1) dye removal capacity was recorded at pH 7.5 for 50% hydrolyzed cellulose-poly(vinylidene fluoride) composite. New kinds of composite material have been developed and tested for water remediation by reusing textile wastes with recycling.