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. 2019 Mar 29;5(3):e01416. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01416

Table 5.

Effect of the initiator concentration on GCP, %GCE and water absorbency.

Grafting parameter Amount of APS (%w/v)
0.125 0.250 0.375 0.500 0.625
GCP 287 (13.6) 305 (12.9) 336 (13.8) 328 (11.2) 353 (10.7)
% GCE 80 (2.6) 83 (1.8) 77 (3.7) 74 (5.1) 76 (2.9)
SEQ 113 (7.2) 165 (5.0) 131 (3.2) 111 (3.6) 107 (4.5)

Notes: The values in parentheses are standard deviations (n = 3), reaction conditions; AA = 6.75 % w/v, MBA = 0.5 % w/v, temp. = 80 °C, cellulose = 2%, vol. = 40 mL, time = 2 hr.