A facile route for the synthesis of mesoporous melamine-formaldehyde resins for hexavalent chromium removal†
Abstract
A highly mesoporous melamine-formaldehyde resin (MMF) has been successfully synthesized through a facile route. It shows a relatively high surface area (317 m2 g−1), uniform pore sizes (8.0 nm), enhanced adsorption capacity (66.65 mg g−1) and selectivity for hexavalent chromium.