Table 3.
Composition, grafting %, and C/O and C/N ratios of polymer-grafted RH surfaces
| Rice Husk | Elemental surface composition % and Grafting % | Elemental ratio | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observed | Theoretical | ||||||||||||
| C 1s | N 1s | O 1s | F 1s | Si 2p | Cl 2p | Cu 2p | Br 3d | G% | C/O | C/N | C/O | C/N | |
| RH-g-PMMA | 65.9 | 4.9 | 23.7 | - | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 7 | 2.78 | - | 2.5 | - |
| RH-g-PAN | 72.9 | 18.2 | 7.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 16 | - | 4 | - | 3 |
| RH-g-PMMA-b-PAN | 74.3 | 19.5 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | - | 0.3 | - | 22 | - | 3.8 | - | 3 |