Studies on Synthesis and Characterizations of Starch Base Copolymers and its Adjustment for Various Industrial Applications
Date
2018
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Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Abstract
In this research starch graft copolymers were synthesized by free radical polymerization process
using potassium persulfate and sodium bisulfate as initiators. Reaction conditions and
monomer/initiators ratio were investigated to produce graft copolymers with various molecular
weights. Different factors were studied to obtain the optimum grafting conditions. It was found
that St-g-DAA produced using water bath gave higher percentage of graft (15.6%) than that
produced by ultrasonic waves (9.3%)
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Chemistry, organic chemistry