ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Acrylamide, acrylic acid, and acrylonitrile have been polymerized in situ within wool fibers and the water-absorption properties of the resultant wool-polymer systems compared with those of wool and the polymers measured separately. At high humidities, polyacrylamide and, to a lesser extent, poly(acrylic acid) caused increased water uptakes when expressed as a function of the original weight of wool, due to the hydrophilic nature of these polymers. This increase was less than that expected from the water contents of the wool and polymers measured as separate entities. Chain entanglements in the polymer-keratin network may be responsible for some reduction of water content. The presence of polyacrylonitrile in wool reduced the water content at high humidities to less than that of wool alone, indicating that “volume exclusion” of water by the polymers is also a contributing factor. At low humidities, the water content of the wool-polyacrylamide system is equivalent to the sum of the water contents of wool and polymer taken separately; in the case of poly(acrylic acid) the water content is less than that of wool and polymer considered separately, and this is attributed to ionic bonding. For wool containing polyacrylonitrile there is a reduction in water content at low humidities, indicating interaction between the polymer and polar sorption sites in the wool.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1967.070110905
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