Characterization and synthesis of materials sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) in water (W) by conductometric study

Abstract

This paper presents the experimental analysis of conductometric properties of polysaccharide Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) in solutions in water W. For the conductometric study of solutions of CMC + W, the electrical conductivity was measured under the influence of increasing concentration of (0.5 g/l to 10 g/l) and increasing temperature of (288.15 to 318.15) K. The reduced electrical conductivity and the activation energy of reduced electrical conductivity Eσ are calculated. Polysaccharides solutions exhibit a critical region, separating dilute solutions into semi-dilute solutions. The dependence of the activation energy on solution concentration and temperature is discussed. The polysaccharide CMC behaviour can be extrapolated from the Flory-Huggins theory by decomposing such as: Eσ = (Eσ)d + (Eσ)sd + (Eσ)cri. The dilute solution behaviour of Arrhenius is described by the CMC-W interaction and represented by the function (Eσ)d. For the semi-dilute solution behaviour of non-Arrhenius which is described by the interaction between the CMC-CMC and represented by the function (Eσ)sd. The critical solution behaviour is described by the CMC-CMC and CMC-W interactions and represented by the function (Eσ)cri. Principles that aid one to understand and interpret such results are discussed.