Published April 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Preparation of high water-swelling agricultural starch hydrogels by 60Co γ-radiation grafting

  • 1. Nanjing Univ., Nanjing (China). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • 2. Slender West Lake Campus of Yangzhou Educational Institute, Yangzhou (China)

Description

The starch grafted acrylic acid was used to synthesize water-swelling hydrogels by 60Co γ-radiation grafting technique. With radiation dose of about 7 kGy, the crosslinking reagent amount of 0.001%-0.1%, the pH value 5-8 and the starch amount of 10%-30%, we can produce 600 times water-swelling hydrogels which are of high performance, low cost and suitable for agriculture

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Techniques
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 311-314
ISSN
0253-3219