Chelating resins with amidoxime groups were synthesized by suspension copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) and divinylbenzene (DVB) and subsequent chemical modification of cyano groups by reaction with hydroxylamine. In the copolymerization, the proportion of divinylbenzene and the dilution degree were varied. Gelatin and calcium carbonate were used as suspension stabilizers and sodium sulphate was added in order to reduce acrylonitrile solubility in water, by salting out effect. The AN/DVB copolymers and amidoxime resins obtained were characterized by apparent density, surface area, pore volume and by the content of nitrogen. The amidoxime resins were also evaluated in relation to the complexation capacity of copper ion.
Acrylonitrile-divinylbenzene copolymers; amidoxime resins; morphological structure; complexation; characterization
