Application of ftir in the determination of acrylate content in poly(sodium acrylate-co-acrylamide) superabsorbent hydrogels
Hydrogels have been prepared by free-radical solution copolymerization of acrylamide and sodium acrylate (NaAc), with molar ratio ranging from 25/75 to 80/20, respectively, using methylene bisacrylamide as the crosslinking agent. A FTIR spectroscopy procedure to determine the acrylate/acrylamide ratio in these hydrogels was proposed based on absorbance at 1410 cm-1 (nCOO-) and 2940 cm-1 (nCH and nCH2). A straight line with a good linear correlation coefficient (0.998) was obtained by plotting the acrylate content (Ac%) versus relative absorbance (Arel = A1410/A2940). Results were confirmed by the amount of sodium cation released in acid medium determined by atomic absorption spectrometry.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2012
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422012000700030 |
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