THERMAL BEHAVIOR OF INORGANIC HYDROGEL COMPOSITES
Author(s) -
Sinan Temel,
Fatma Özge Gökmen,
Elif Yaman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european chemical bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.131
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2063-5346
DOI - 10.17628/ecb.2019.8.399-404
Subject(s) - composite material , materials science , thermal , self healing hydrogels , polymer chemistry , physics , meteorology
The objective of this work was to examine the effect of inorganic additives on thermal behavior of homo- and hetero-polymeric hydrogel. Nano SiO 2 and TiO 2 doped acrylic acid (AA) based homo-polymeric and acrylic acid/vinyl pyrrolidone (AA/VP) based hetero-polymeric hydrogels were synthesized by using in-situ free radical polymerization technique. Additives were used in the ratio of 0.005, 0.5 and 1 (wt %) on AA based homo-polymeric hydrogels. Hetero-polymeric hydrogels were prepared in ratios of 1:3, 2:2 and 3:1 (AA/VP). Additives were used in only AA/VP (3:1) and they were added 0.5 and 1 (wt %). Thermal behaviour of hydrogels, were investigated by TGA-DTA analysis. The effect of doping on pore structure of hydrogels was demonstrated by SEM analysis. SEM/EDX measurements confirmed the presence of additives in the hydrogels. The dispersions of SiO 2 and TiO 2 on hydrogel were indicated by elemental mapping and their amounts were compared with EDX analysis.
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