Syntheses and properties of superabsorbent composites based on natural guar gum and attapulgite

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1852-1859

  Wang, Wenbo ^a,b   Zheng, Yian ^a   Wang, Aiqin ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Attapulgite; Graft copolymerization; Guar gum; Superabsorbent composite; Swelling

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ATTAPULGITE; CROSS LINKERS; DISTILLED WATERS; ECO-FRIENDLY; GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION; GUAR GUM; HIGH WATERS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTS; NACL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); REACTION CONDITIONS; RESWELLING; SUPERABSORBENT COMPOSITE; SWELLING BEHAVIORS; WATER ABSORBENCIES; WATER RETENTIONS; WIDE PH RANGES;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLAY MINERALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPOLYMERIZATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

SWELLING;

ACRYLIC ACID; COMPOSITE; COPOLYMERIZATION; CROSS LINKING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 64149110142     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.1215     Document Type: Article

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