Studies on Pectin-Tin(IV) Phosphate: A New Biopolymer Doped Hybrid Ion Exchanger, An Efficacious Ion Exchanger in Water Purification Process

Abstract

Pectin doped tin(IV) phosphate was prepared as novel class of hybrid ion exchanger i.e. biopolymer based hybrid ion exchanger, which has been characterized by few physico-chemical characterization techniques such as FTIR analysis, SEM study, UV-vis spectrophotometry and elemental analysis. The characteristic parameters of novel ion exchange such as ion exchange capacity, concentration study, elution study, thermal stability, etc. were also reported. Adsorption study has been explored for few alkaline earths and some heavy or transition metal ions in several acidic media. Based on adsorption study, it has been found that the reported ion exchanger has shown enantioselectivity for cadmium(II) ions, being one among toxic metal ions. The antimicrobial activity of pectin based tin(IV) phosphate on few microorganisms has also been studied to prove the antimicrobial nature of the synthesized ionexchange material.