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ArticlePolymers2019

Preparation and Characterization of Superabsorbent Polymers Based on Sawdust.

Mingchang Zhang, Shaodi Zhang, Zhuoran Chen, Mingzhi Wang, Jinzhen Cao, Ruoshui Wang

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Article in Polymers, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mingchang ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Shaodi ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Zhuoran ChenMOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Mingzhi WangMOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6764-7851
Jinzhen CaoMOE Key Laboratory of Wooden Material Science and Application, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9857-5229
Ruoshui WangSchool of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China.
Beijing Forestry University · CN

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 2015ZCQ-CL-01National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFC0504403
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sawdust, a cheap by-product of the timber and forestry industry, was considered as a framework structure to prepare superabsorbent polymer with acrylic acid (AA) and acrylamide (AM), the synthetic monomers. The effects of initiator content, crosslinker content, AA content, AM content, degree of neutralization of AA, and reaction temperature on the swelling rate of superabsorbent polymer were investigated. The synthesized polymer was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Under optimal synthesis conditions, the results showed that the swelling rate of the polymer in deionized water and 0.9% NaCl solution reached 738.12 and 90.18 g/g, respectively. The polymer exhibits excellent swelling ability, thermal stability, and reusability. After the polymer was introduced into the samples (soil or coal), the water evaporation rate of the samples was significantly reduced, and the saturated water holding capacity and pore structure were also significantly improved.

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polymerizationreusabilitysawdustsuperabsorbent polymerwater retention agent

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PMID31731757
PMCPMC6918447
OpenAlexW2989148281

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