A source of nitrogen incorporation in particulate PVA and sodium alginate and study of the influence of freezing/thawing cycles in the characterization of the product

Abstract

In this work two nitrogen sources (urea and urea intercalated kaolinite) were incorporated in the polymer matrix polyvinyl alcohol and sodium alginate in the ratio of 3: 1, using the methodology drip in CaCl₂. The particles were subjected to freezing and subsequent thawing in order to improve the structure and thermal resistance of the polymer matrix. The particles were characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR, XRD, and thermal analysis. The particles that showed the best formulations were those of polyvinyl alcohol+sodium alginate+urea, because they showed the efficiency of incorporation nearby particles polyvinyl alcohol+sodium alginate+urea intercalated kaolinite, but with greater thermal stability, about 200 °C.

polyvinyl alcohol; sodium alginate; cycles of freeze/thawing; incorporation of nitrogen; urea