Efficient Decontamination of Lead Ions from Wastewater by Salecan Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels

Designing versatile adsorption materials with high efficiency, excellent reversibility, and economic production is vital for treating wastewater but remains challenging. Here, a new polysaccharide (salecan) based superabsorbent was developed by graft copolymerization of acrylamide and sodium vinylsulfonate onto the salecan and used to remove lead ions (Pb2+) from water. Effects of salecan content, adsorbent amount, contact time, adsorbate...