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• TITLE: Optimization of Ceric Ammonium Nitrate Initiated Graft Copolymerization of Acrylonitrile onto Chitosan

  AUTHORS: A. Shanmugapriya, R. Ramya, M. Venkatachalam, P.N. Sudha

  KEYWORDS: Chitosan-g-polyacrylonitrile, Ceric ammonium nitrate, Grafting efficiency, Grafting yield

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol.3 No.6, June 29, 2011

  ABSTRACT: In the present work, graft copolymerization of polyacrylonitrile onto chitosan has been carried out in the presence of ceric ammonium nitrate redox initiator. Optimization of grafting of polyacrylonitrile onto chito-san was performed by varying the process parameters such as ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) concentration, polyacrylonitrile concentration and reaction time to study their influence on percent grafting and grafting ef-ficiency. The optimum reaction conditions obtained for grafting of acrylonitrile onto chitosan were reaction time 55 mins, CAN concentration 1% in Con. HNO3, and polyacrylonitrile concentration 0.75 mol/L. The characterization of the grafted products by means of FTIR, thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy furnished the evidence of grafting of polyacrylonitrile onto chitosan.