Synthesis of Polyketone Anion Ion Exchange Fibers by Paal-Knorr Reaction and Its Physico-Chemical Properties

In this study, polyketone anion exchange fibers were synthesized by the amination of polyketone via a Paal-Knorr reaction and a quaternization reaction. The amination reaction proceeded at different reaction times and amine N,N-dimethylethylene diamine (DME) concentrations. The ion exchange capacity (IEC) and water uptake (W.U.) increased with increasing amination reaction time and DME concentration, and the maximum IEC and W.U. were 1.03 meq/g and 19.2%, respectively. The tensile strength decreased significantly with increasing amination time and amine concentration. TGA showed that the thermal decomposition temperature of the fibers was 220 °C. The HCl gas adsorption properties of the aminated polyketone ion exchange fibers were evaluated, and the HCl gas removal efficiency remained at 100% in 40 min at 300 ppm.