Objective
The project will synthesise, by a variety of routes, a range of versatile solid absorbents, metal-extracting agents, and catalysts. The absorbing, metal-binding groups will be chosen to be either non-selective (general-purpose, for recovery of metals from solution, effluent clean-up) or highly specific for individual metals, or to provide particular catalytic properties. The new materials will be insoluble solids which can be easily separated from solutions, or used in columns or beds, from which the absorbed metals can be easily recovered and the original material regenerated.
The principal novelty arises from the polymeric silicone (siloxane) skeleton to which the active groups are bound, and which confers high stability to acidic and alkaline conditions and to high temperatures. Such materials have been little studied in this context but hold great promise.
The five participating groups will pursue a series of independent but closely related projects. Progress will be co-ordinated by regular contact and meetings, and relevant experimental facilities will be made available to all groups.
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M60 1QD MANCHESTER
United Kingdom