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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 81, Issue 7, Pages 1776-1785Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.1610
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hydroxypropyl guar gum; polyacrylamide; graft copolymers; flocculation
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Graft copolymers of hydroxypropyl guar gum (HPG) with polyacrylamide (PAM) have been synthesized using a eerie ion-induced solution polymerization technique at 28 degreesC. Six graft copolymers have been synthesized with variation in the number and length of grafted PAM chains. The graft copolymers were characterized by viscometry, infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and thermal analysis studies. Flocculation jar tests were carried out in 0.25 wt % kaolin, iron ore, and silica suspensions. Among the series of graft copolymers, the one with fewest but longest PAM chains shows the better performance. The flocculation characteristics of this best performing graft copolymer are compared with various commercially available flocculants in the three suspensions. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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