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Swelling behavior of gelatin‐ g ‐poly(butyl acrylate) copolymers
Author(s) -
Zheng Jun Ping,
Wang Jian Xun,
Gao Shan,
Yao Kang De
Publication year - 2005
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.21841
Subject(s) - gelatin , swelling , copolymer , polymer chemistry , acrylate , monomer , materials science , intercalation (chemistry) , montmorillonite , kinetics , chemistry , polymer , composite material , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract Gelatin‐ g ‐poly (butyl acrylate) copolymers were prepared with gelatin and butyl acrylate. The effects of various reaction parameters, including the concentration of the monomer, the concentration of the initiator, the concentration of gelatin, the reaction time, and the temperature, on the swelling behavior were studied systematically. In addition, the effect of the intercalation of graft copolymers with montmorillonite on the swelling behavior was investigated. The results indicated that the graft copolymerization and intercalation with montmorillonite could greatly reduce the swelling degree of gelatin. The swelling process of the copolymers followed second‐order kinetics identical to those of the original gelatin. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 97: 1033–1037, 2005