Radiation-induced grafting of glycidyl methacrylate onto cotton fabric waste …

Abstract. Ion exchange adsorbents based on cellulosic fabric wastes carrying sulfonic acid and amine functional groups were synthesized by radiation-induced graft polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) with subsequent chemical modification of the epoxy groups of poly-GMA graft chains with sodium sulfite/H2SO4 and triethylamine, respectively. The conversion of epoxy groups into the fu…