BARC/PUB/2012/0503

 
 

Effect of borax concentration on the structure of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) gels

 
     
 
Author(s)

Lawrence, M. B.; Desa, J. A. E.; Aswal, V. K.
(SSPD)

Source

AIP Conference Proceedings, 2012. Vol. 1447: pp. 199-200

ABSTRACT

Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) hydrogels cross-linked with varying concentrations of borax have been studied using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and X-Ray Diffraction. The intensity of scattering increases with borax concentration from 1 mg/ml up to 2 mg/ml and falls thereafter for 4 mg/ml, increasing again for a concentration of 10 mg/ml. The mesoscopic structural changes that cause these trends in the SANS data are in keeping with the variations in the X-ray diffraction patterns pertaining to structures within the PVA chains.

 
 
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