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Trang 2Utilization of hollow Kapok fiber for the fabrication of a pH-sensitive
Trang 3ABSTRACT: Pretreated kapok fiber (PKF) with hollow tube structure was introduced
Trang 5physicochemical characteristics.25~27 However, the intrinsic hydrophobic properties of
Trang 6The synthetic process of the superabsorbent is eco-friendly and no organic solvent was
Trang 7with large amount of distilled water until pH~7, and then dried in an oven at 100 oC for
Trang 8rheological method, and expressed as the rheological curves of storage modulus (G′, Pa)
Trang 9weighed after removing the residual fluids Water retention (WR) in the hydrogels was
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calculated as:
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Trang 10group of PKF backbone to form alkoxy radicals, resulting in active centers on the PKF
Trang 11actually grafted onto the backbone of PKF
Trang 12Thus, as like as other polysaccharides, -OH groups on the surface of PKF can graft with
Trang 14networks, which was affected by the degree of crosslinking, the rigidity/flexibility and
Trang 15of PKF in the superabsorbent contributed to increase the swelling properties due to
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g i ion=RT∑ c −c
Trang 16due to the stronger ion-crosslinking of multivalent ions with carboxylate groups on
Trang 17lower at pH 2, but rapidly increased and kept almost constant at pH 4~10 The further
Trang 18reached a maximum swelling (77 g/g), and then gradually decreased to a constant value
Trang 19concentration of salt solution and the valence of cations Their swelling ratio decreased
Trang 2121 G.B Marandi, G.R Mandavinia and S Ghafary, J Appl Polym Sci., 2011, 120,