Suitability of sago starch blended with acrylamide as an additive on handsheets made from recycled pulp fibers
This study was carried out to determine the suitability of sago starch blended with acrylamide as paper additive. Solutions of unmodified and blended sago starch with acrylamide, were prepared at 5% weight over volume (w/v) basis before the basic properties (i.e., pH, viscosity and solid content)...
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ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology (COST)
2005
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38408/3/SUITABILITY%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38408/ https://ajstd.org/index.php/ajstd/article/view/172 https://doi.org/10.29037/ajstd.172 |
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| Summary: | This study was carried out to determine the suitability of sago starch blended with acrylamide as
paper additive. Solutions of unmodified and blended sago starch with acrylamide, were prepared
at 5% weight over volume (w/v) basis before the basic properties (i.e., pH, viscosity and solid
content) were determined. The starches were then used to coat on laboratory made handsheets
from recycled pulps. Various effects were studied, namely, modification of sago starch, addition
of different types of initiator and further curing at different temperatures. The incorporation of
acrylamide into sago starch through blending significantly increased the pH and viscosity of the
solutions. All the blended starches remained biologically resistant even after 14 days of
exposure to ambient temperature. Solution of sago starch blended with acrylamide, gave
superior performance when coated on the handsheets, producing handsheets with high folding
endurance (110 times) and crush strength (128 N) as compared to the handsheets coated with the
unmodified sago starch. Nevertheless, the smoothness and air permeance of these papers were
unsatisfactory due to insufficient curing shown by the micrographs. The use of ceric ammonium
nitrate (CAN) as initiator and further curing at 50o
C however, were able to improve the
smoothness and air permeance properties. |
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