Ye S, Feng P, Zhang W. Rapid solidification of Portland cement/polyacrylamide hydrogel (PC/PAM) composites for diverse wastewater treatments.
RSC Adv 2020;
10:18936-18944. [PMID:
35518298 PMCID:
PMC9053980 DOI:
10.1039/d0ra03025b]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Cementitious solidification is an effective but time-consuming method for waste disposal, and the incorporation of polyacrylamide hydrogel in Portland cement paste is a simple way to enhance the time-efficiency of cementitious solidification. In this study, a series of Portland cement/polyacrylamide hydrogel (PC/PAM) composites suitable for the wastewater treatment were prepared by a one-pot method and their time-dependent reaction processes, mechanical properties and microstructures were tested. Based on the gelation time method, PC/PAM composites showed great solidification efficiency when treating simulated radioactive liquids, organic dye waste and solutions with strong alkalinity and acidity. At temperatures ranging from 5 °C to 40 °C, it took only a few minutes for these composites to solidify wastes. Also, PC/PAM composites containing wastes had a compressive strength that is more than 2 MPa after reacting for 3 days and were suitable for landfill or secondary treatments. The rapid gelation and sufficient strength development demonstrated that PC/PAM composites have great potential for application in solidifying multi-component wastes, especially in some emergency circumstances.
Novel and stable PC/PAM composites were designed and could serve as a matrix for rapid solidification of various wastewaters, greatly facilitating the applicability of the cementitious solidification method in emergency circumstances.![]()
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