Characterization and Synthesis of Acrylic Copolymer of Amidoxime

Abstract

Following the fabrication of the copolymer membranes into DMP, the copolymer was treated with HA in an aqueous solution at temperatures ranging from 60 to 80 degrees Celsius. The Amidoximation Process alters some of the nitrile groups in the copolymer such that they are now amidoxime groups. A Number of techniques, Including "Fourier Transform Infrared, X-Ray Diffraction, and Thermogravimetric Analysis", were performed in the Characterization of Virgin and Amidoximated Acrylic Copolymer Membranes. During the amidoximation process, numerous significant changes in the properties of the copolymer, including "functionality, crystallinity, thermal behaviour, hydrophilicity, elemental composition, and surface morphology", have been observed. These changes have been attributed to a variety of different factors.