Characterization and Swelling Properties of Copolymer Poly(N, Ndimethyl acrylamide -co-acrylic acid) and Homopolymer Poly(acrylic acid)

Nakan, Ulantay; Tolkyn, Balgyn; Adikanova, Dinara; Negim, El-Sayed Moussa; Yeligbayeva, Gulzhakhan; Seilkhanov, Tulegen; Kenzhebayeva, Bibigul; Abdiyev, Kaldybek Zh

doi:10.21608/ejchem.2021.95005.4465

Characterization and Swelling Properties of Copolymer Poly(N, Ndimethyl acrylamide -co-acrylic acid) and Homopolymer Poly(acrylic acid)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Satbayev University, Institute of Geology and Oil & Gas Business, Almaty, 050013, Kazakhstan.

² A.B. Bekturov Institute of Chemical Sciences, Street Ualihanov 106, 050010, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

³ Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Technology, Kazakh-British Technical University, 59 Tole bi St., 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan

⁴ Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau State University, 76 Abaya St, Kokshetau 020000, Kazakhstan

⁵ Satbayev University, Institute of Geology and Oil & Gas Business, Almaty, 050013, Kazakhstan

10.21608/ejchem.2021.95005.4465

Abstract

This paper investigates the swelling properties of homopolymer and copolymer hydrogels. Copolymeric hydrogels based on N, N-dimethyl acrylamide and acrylic acid (poly(DMA-co-AAc) as well as homopolymer hydrogels based on acrylic acid (polyAAc) were synthesized by radical technique in aqueous solutions using ammonium persulfate as an initiator and N, N-methylene-bis-acrylamide as a crosslinking agent. The properties of hydrogels examined including scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and FT-IR. The results indicate that the poly(DMA-co-AAc) copolymer has a high swelling ability in an aqueous solution. The swelling of hydrogels were achieved a maximum degree and diameter of 270 and 63mm in water, respectively. The swelling behavior of these hydrogels was investigated to determine function of the effect of pH and polymeric compositions.

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