Drying and shrinkage of polymer gels



Título del documento: Drying and shrinkage of polymer gels
Revista: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000309036
ISSN: 0104-6632
Autores: 1




Instituciones: 1University of Mumbai, Institute of Chemical Technology, Bombay, Maharashtra. India
Año:
Periodo: Jun
Volumen: 22
Número: 2
Paginación: 209-216
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés The polymer hydrogel was synthesized by photo-polymerization process (UV light, 60 ºC) in presence of Photo-initiator (IrgacureR) and Cross-linker (NN'-methylene bisacrylamide; MBAM). In the present work, the drying of polymer hydrogel was carried out to study the effect of temperature, gel-sheet thickness, monomer ratio of acryl acid to acrylamide (AA/AM), concentration of MBAM and quantity of monomers. A correlation has been developed for modified sheet thickness as a function of contraction coefficient and degree of drying. Effective diffusivity was estimated from Fickian-diffusive model considering modified sheet thickness and was found to be in the range of 1.1 ´ 10-10-5.93 ´ 10-10 m2/s. The activation energy obtained using Arrhenius type equation was found to be in the range of 2979-10737 kJ/kmol H2O. The drying behavior shows an initial shoot-up in drying rate followed by constant rate and two falling rate periods
Disciplinas: Química
Palabras clave: Química de polímeros,
Gel polimérico,
Secado,
Coeficiente de difusión,
Grosor,
Coeficiente de contracción
Keyword: Chemistry,
Polymer chemistry,
Polymer gel,
Drying,
Diffusion coefficient,
Thickness,
Contraction coefficient
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