Retention Behaviors of Hydrophobically Associating Polyacrylamide Prepared via Inverse Microemulsion Polymerization Through Porous Media

The retention behavior of hydrophobically associative polyacrylamide (HAPAM) with homogeneous composition in porous media was investigated. The results showed that HAPAM could exhibit different retention behavior, compared to PAM due to the existence of hydrophobic association group in HAPAM molecular frame. The critical association concentration could also be reflected by the curves between HAPAM concentration and retention amount. The retention amount of HAPAM was higher than that of polyacrylamide (PAM) and was smaller than the absorption amount of HAPAM. The retention mechanism was mainly controlled by adsorption mechanism.