- Title
- The synthesis and properties of some polymer hydrogels
- Creator
- Hird, Bryn
- Subject
- Colloids
- Date Issued
- 1984
- Date
- 1984
- Date
- 2013-04-05
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- vital:4428
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006975
- Identifier
- Colloids
- Description
- The interactions between water molecules and polyelectrolyte species in aqueous solutions are reviewed and are used to infer interactions occuring in swollen crosslinked polyelectrolyte hydrogels. Linear poly(acrylic acid ) and derivatives neutralised to varying degrees with alkali-metal hydroxides are prepared and characterised. Samples of these compounds are crosslinked by 'Y - irradiation to form hydrogels. Hydration studies on linear polymers, crosslinked material and a commercial polyacrylate hydrogel indicate a possible hydration structure and provide some insight into the nature of water-polymer interactions within a sHollen polyacrylate gel.
- Description
- KMBT_363
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- Format
- 91 p.
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Science, Chemistry
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Hird, Bryn
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