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Vijay Shankar Pandey1, Shiv Kumar Verma1, Kunj Behari1
1Polymer Science Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India.
Abstract:
Graft copolymer of N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide with carboxymethylated guar gum was synthesized and the reaction conditions were optimized for better yield using potassium peroxymonosulfate and thiourea as a redox initiator. The optimum reaction conditions for grafting have also been determined by studying the effect of N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide, hydrogen ion, peroxymonosulphate, thiourea concentration and carboxymethylated guar gum along with time and temperature. Experimental results show that maximum grafting has been obtained at 1.4 g dm(-3) concentration of carboxymethylated guar gum and 16×10(-2) mol dm(-3) concentration of N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide. It has been observed that grafting ratio, add on, conversion, efficiency and rate of grafting increase up to 6.0×10(-3) mol dm(-3) of hydrogen ion, 2.4×10(-3) mol dm(-3) of thiourea, 14×10(-3) mol dm(-3) of peroxymonosulphate and 35°C of temperature. Grafted copolymer has been characterized by FTIR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. Water swelling, flocculating, and metal ion uptake properties of partially carboxymethylated guar gum-g-N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide have been determined.
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