Graft copolymerization of acrylamide onto wheat and rice straw cellulose using benzoyl peroxide as an initiator
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zawia University, Zawia, Libya.
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Cellulose dissolving pulps were prepared from wheat and rice straw followed by bleaching using hydrogen peroxide. The produced pulps where characterized by identifying alpha cellulose, crystallinity, ash contents. Graft copolymerization of acrylamide monomer onto cellulose using benzoyl peroxide as initiator was performed. The conditions of grafting such as monomer concentration, initiator ratio, grafting time and grafting temperature were evaluated. The structure of grafted fibers was investigated using FTIR and elemental analysis. The results have indicated that the optimum conditions for cellulose grafting were performed using a ratio of 1:4 between cellulose and monomer
[A.M.M. El-Torky, Abd El-Shafey I. Ahmed, Najmeddin Zayed .M. Ellali (2015); Graft copolymerization of acrylamide onto wheat and rice straw cellulose using benzoyl peroxide as an initiator Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Nov). 128-137] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
