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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Synthesis and Characterization of a Superabsorbent Polymer Gel Using a Simultaneous Irradiation Technique on Corn Straw.

Xingkui Tao, Jun Guo, Aihua Wang, Qiang Wang, Yang Yang, Minwei Xu

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Xingkui TaoCollege of Biology and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China.
Jun GuoCollege of Biology and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China.
Aihua WangCollege of Biology and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China.
Qiang WangCollege of Biology and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China.
Yang YangCollege of Biology and Food Science, Suzhou University, Suzhou 234000, China.
Minwei XuDepartment of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8276-2150

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Utilizing gamma rays as an initiating agent, a simultaneous irradiation method was applied to graft acrylic acid and acrylamide onto corn straw that had been decrystallized using a NaOH/urea solution at a reduced temperature, aiming to fabricate superabsorbent polymer gel (SAPG) capable of absorbing significantly more water. The structural attributes of the corn straw, the decrystallized corn straw, and the SAPG were analyzed via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray crystal powder diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TG), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). To enhance the SAPG's performance, optimization of various parameters was carried out, such as irradiation dose, dose rate, the ratio of monomer to corn straw, the proportion of acrylic acid (AA) to acrylamide (Am), and the degree of neutralization. The resulting SAPG exhibited distilled water absorption of 1033 g/g and 90 g/g in 0.9 wt.% NaCl solution, with a radiation dose of 5 kGy, a dose rate of 1.5 kGy/h, AA-to-AM mass ratio of 1.2, monomer-to-CS mass ratio of 7, and 90% AA neutralization.

Indexed as

corn strawgraftirradiationsuperabsorbent gelswater absorption

Identifiers

PMID40277681
PMCPMC12027211

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