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The Adsorption of Water Vapor on Super Absorbent Product at Low Temperatures and Low Mass
Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • M. Bakass
  • J. P. Bellat
  • A. Mokhlisse
  • Gary L. Bertrand, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

The adsorption isotherms of water vapor on super absorbent product have the same form of type III isotherm at ambient temperature with the hysteresis phenomena. For temperatures lower than ambient, the isotherms become deformed because of the chains effect. the polymer is characterized by a multilayer adsorption, which occurs before a full-course is complete. During adsorption reactions, the polymer undergoes rearrangement polymeric network, which results from a cooperative diffusion of the water molecules and from a chain spacing followed by an expansion of the polymeric network. Three types of water molecules adsorbed on polymer were identified: strongly dependent water, adsorbed water, and the water only trapped between the macromolecular chains. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Chemistry
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English
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© 2006 Wiley-Blackwell, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
1-1-2006
Publication Date
01 Jan 2006
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M. Bakass, J. P. Bellat, A. Mokhlisse and Gary L. Bertrand. "The Adsorption of Water Vapor on Super Absorbent Product at Low Temperatures and Low Mass" Journal of Applied Polymer Science (2006) ISSN: 0021-8995
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gary-bertrand/43/