Abstract
Removal of water from the crude petroleum during its extraction and refining process is one of the major problems faced by petroleum industries, so in this study a superabsorbent has been synthesized from Psyllium and acrylic acid based polymers under the influence of gamma radiations using hexamine as a crosslinker. After optimizing various reaction parameters, the optimized superabsorbent has been tested for its selective water absorption capacity from different oil-water emulsions as a function of time, temperature, pH, and NaCl concentration. The synthesized superabsorbent has been found to be highly selective toward water absorption with maximum percent swelling of 8560% in petrol-water emulsion.
| Original language | British English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4969-4977 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Polymer Science |
| Volume | 124 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 15 Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- acrylic acid
- gamma radiation
- oil-water emulsions
- Psyllium
- water absorption