文摘
By using transition electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and small-angle X-ray scattering technique porous structure of a series of polystyrene-type sorbents (microporous and biporous hypercrosslinked polystyrenes, mesoporous sorbent XAD-4) was investigated, as well as sizes of iron oxide nanoparticles introduced into their matrix. Nanocomposite sorbents have low density, a large inner surface area, and like the parent polymers, exhibit marked adsorption properties, e.g. take up from saturated vapors 1.4?g/g of iodine or 0.8?g/g chloropicrin. A general method for processing scattering data from polydisperse multicomponent systems, like the above nanocomposites, was suggested. A rather homogeneous distribution of scattering heterogeneities with radius around 3?nm was found to be characteristic of microporous hypercrosslinked polystyrenes. Radius of magnetic iron oxide (magnetite) nanoparticles varies in ranges of 2.1?±-.6?nm and 6.7?±-.8?nm for the above microporous and biporous hypercrosslinked polymers, while in the XAD-4 particles of all sizes from 1 to 10?nm are presented.