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Modeling of moisture sorption isotherms of poly(vinyl alcohol)/starch films

Author(s) -

Raj Baldev,

Eugene Raj A.,

Madan P.

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

journal of applied polymer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 1097-4628

pISSN - 0021-8995

DOI - 10.1002/app.12589

Subject(s) - sorption , vinyl alcohol , moisture , materials science , sorption isotherm , thermodynamics , water activity , polymer chemistry , starch , water content , chemistry , adsorption , chemical engineering , composite material , organic chemistry , physics , polymer , geology , geotechnical engineering , engineering

Studies on the moisture sorption characteristics of poly(vinyl alcohol)/starch blends for water activity ( a w ) values of 0.1–0.9 were performed at 27°C. The equilibrium moisture content at different a w values was used to fit different sorption isotherm models proposed in the literature. The ranges of a w applicable for the different sorption isotherms were reported. The model constants of the sorption equations were determined by linear fitting. The value of the coefficient of determination (0.98 ± 0.01) confirmed the goodness of fit of the equations studied. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 3874–3881, 2003

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