FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 27-32.

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Adsorption Efficiency of Ethylene Glycol Maleic Rosinate Acrylate-Acrylamide Copolymer for Puerarin

LI Xiao-Yan   

  • Received:2011-10-25 Revised:2012-12-03 Online:2013-01-15 Published:2013-01-07
  • Contact: LI Xiao-Yan E-mail:lixiaoyan73515@163.com

Abstract: In this study, a copolymer was synthesized using suspension polymerization from ethylene glycol maleic rosinate acrylate (EGMRA) and acrylamide (AM), and its thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics for adsorbing puerarin and mechanism for controlling puerarin adsorption were analyzed. The prepared copolymer showed good adsorption performance towards puerarin. The optimum static adsorption conditions were obtained as follows: 40% ethanol as solvent for puerarin at a concentration of 6.0 mg/mL, adsorbent particle size 20—40 mesh, and equilibrium adsorption at a temperature between 25 ℃ and 50 ℃ with shaking at a speed of 80 r/min. Under these conditions, the equilibrium adsorption capacity (Qe) was 23.01 mg/g. A pseudo second-order equation that could well describe the adsorption process was established. Film diffusion and particle diffusion were found to be key steps in the adsorption system, and the diffusion coefficients were calculated using the Fick equation to be 5.22 × 10-8 cm2/s and 3.20 × 10-8 cm2/s, respectively.

Key words: ethylene glycol maleic rosinate acrylate, acrylamide, copolymer, adsorption, thermodynamics, kinetics, puerarin

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