Abstract
We investigated the adsorption of silver(I) from silver nitrate (AgNO3) and silver sulphate (Ag2SO4). We compared the adsorption ability of chitosan in the form of hydrogel beads with that of chitosan acetate – an initial solution from which the beads were derived. We developed a model of adsorption kinetics, assuming the simultaneous occurrence of the diffusion process and the chemical reaction. We confirmed and described the chemical nature of adsorption based on the Fourier-transform infrared and X-ray photoelectron spectra.
Subject
Organic Chemistry,Biochemistry