In this study, cellulose pulp and urea were used to synthesize cellulose carbamate (nitrogen content reaches 4.5%) by low-cost and environmentally friendly solid-liquid phase method. Cellulose carbamate fluid was prepared by using sodium hydroxide aqueous solution as solvent. The fluid was regenerated and formed in a coagulation bath , and finally a regenerated cellulose membrane with high transparency and separation ability was obtained. The simple chemical treatment of cellulose not only greatly increased the mass fraction of cellulose dissolution (It has reached 15%) and retains the original crystal form and thermal stability of cellulose. The surface of the membrane was relatively dense, and the inside has regular microchannel . The factors affect the transparency and water flux of regenerated cellulose membranes were discussed by orthogonal experimental range analysis. The ability of the regenerated cellulose membrane to reject dyes was tested. The results showed that the rejection of methyl blue and congo red reached 100%, and the rejection rate of methyl orange reached 60%. The oil/water separation ability and the anti-pollution ability of the regenerated cellulose membrane were tested. The oil/water separation effect reached 100%. This membrane may have application prospect in water treatment, biotechnology.
Jinghua Li,Haofeng Zhu,Dandi Fang,Xusheng Huang,Chaoqun Zhang,Ying Luo
Although the recycling and reuse of polyurethane foam (PUF) is a promising route to deal with this type of waste commodity polymer, highly efficient and green processing protocols are a great challenge due to their stable crosslink structure. In this study, a strategy of urethane exchange reactions was proposed to transform commercial rigid PUF into PUF sheets. The process was composed of the pulverization of the foam, the pretreatment method and the hot pressing. The effects of the pretreatment method on the structure and properties of the recycled commercial PUF were studied. The results show that the ball milling pretreatment method can effectively pulverize the commercial PUF into powder of 74.5 µm and a specific surface area as high as 2991.0 m 2 /kg, which can promote the urethane exchange reaction in close contact with the catalyst. The recycle method of ball milling pretreatment makes the crosslink density and tensile strength of the PUF sheets reach 2236.8 mol/m 3 and 32.6 MPa, which means an increase of 9.9 times and 3.3 times, respectively, compared to the method of other pretreatment. Moreover, PUF sheets can still maintain 71.5% of the tensile strength after two cycles of recycling, indicating the potential of this recycling method for PUF. This simple and efficient method enhances the sustainability of rigid PUF utilization and shows the enormous potential for value-added recycling of thermosets .