A study on effect of different reaction conditions on grafting of psyllium and acrylic acid-based hydrogels

Kiran Kumar, B. S. Kaith, Hemant Mittal

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    Abstract

    In this study, Psyllium and acrylic acid based polymeric networks were synthesized under different reaction conditions such as in-air, in-vacuum, and under the influence of γ-radiations using potassium persulphate (KPS)- hexamethylene tetramine (HMTA) as an initiator-crosslinker system. Initially, optimization of varied reaction parameters was performed under all the different reaction conditions. The synthesized networks were then characterized using FTIR spectroscopy, SEM, TGA/DTA, and XRD techniques. It has been found that the percent grafting varies with varying reaction conditions with maximum grafting (138 ± 1.15%) reported in case of synthesis carried-out in-vacuum followed by the synthesis in-air (125 ± 1.00%) and then in case of synthesis under the influence of γ-radiations (124 ± 1.15%).

    Original languageBritish English
    Pages (from-to)1874-1883
    Number of pages10
    JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
    Volume123
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 5 Feb 2012

    Keywords

    • acrylic acid
    • grafting
    • hydrogels
    • polymeric network
    • psyllium

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