working principle of polyacrylamide linear polymer from Bangalore

working principle of polyacrylamide linear polymer from Bangalore
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  • Is linear polyacrylamide water soluble?
  • Linear polyacrylamide is a water-soluble polymer. Other polar solvents include DMSO and various alcohols. Cross-linking can be introduced using N,N-methylenebisacrylamide. Some crosslinked materials are swellable but not soluble, i.e., they are hydrogels.
  • Is polyacrylamide contaminated with acrylamide?
  • Polyacrylamide is of low toxicity but its precursor acrylamide is a neurotoxin and carcinogen. Thus, concerns naturally center on the possibility that polyacrylamide is contaminated with acrylamide. Considerable effort is made to scavenge traces of acrylamide from the polymer intended for use near food.
  • Why is poly(acrylamide) a good soluble polymer?
  • The thermal stability of poly (acrylamide) solutions are generally higher than most other water-soluble polymers; however, the high molecular weight species, like their POE equivalents, have very high extensional viscosities, favor-able for good drag reduction behavior, but this also reflects on their rapid degradation under mechanical deformation.
  • Why is polyacrylamide not a polyamide?
  • It can be viewed as polyethylene with amide substituents on alternating carbons. Unlike various nylons, polyacrylamide is not a polyamide because the amide groups are not in the polymer backbone. Owing to the presence of the amide (CONH 2) groups, alternating carbon atoms in the backbone are stereogenic (colloquially: chiral).