TY - GEN AU - Rania Fekry Ibrahim Khedr AU - AbouBakr Abd El moniem Ramadan , AU - Magdy Sabaa Wadid Farag , TI - Gamma radiation induced graft copolymerization of some vinyl monomers onto polymeric films and their applications in removal of some radio nuclides and heavy metals from aqueous system / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Rania Fekry Ibrahim Khedr , KW - Decontamination KW - Graft Copolymerization KW - LDPE , PP , Heavy metals KW - Radiation KW - Radioactive waste N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Science - Department Of Organic Chemistry; Issued also as CD N2 - The main purpose of this dissertation is to prepare and characterize some synthetic membranes obtained by Gamma Radiation - induced graft copolymerization of acrylic acid (AA) and acrylonitrile (AN) binary system onto LDPE and PPThe optimum Conditions at which the grafting process proceeded homogeneously were determinedSome selected properties of the prepared membranes were studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetric (DSC) , Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) , X - ray Diffraction (XRD) , Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) , IR , water uptake and Mechanical PropertiesThe use of such membranes for the decontamination of radioactive wastes and some heavy metal ions as water pollutants were investigated by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS) These grafted membranes showed good cation - exchange properties and may be of practical interest in waste water treatment whether this water was radioactive or not UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -