Characterization and properties of sodium alginate from brown algae used as an ecofriendly superabsorbent

Engineering & Materials Science

• Sodium alginate 100%
• Algae 85%
• Functional groups 16%
• Acids 11%
• Alginate 9%
• Copolymerization 9%
• Diffraction patterns 8%
• Sodium Carbonate 8%
• Crystallinity 7%
• Molecular weight 7%
• Nanocomposites 6%
• Stretching 6%
• Viscosity 5%
• Scanning electron microscopy 4%
• Decomposition 4%
• Temperature 2%

Chemical Compounds

• Sodium Alginate 72%
• Brown 65%
• Wavenumber 26%
• Mannuronic Acid 10%
• Demineralization 8%
• Uronic Acid 8%
• Alginate 6%
• Purity 6%
• Decomposition Temperature 6%
• Copolymerization 5%
• Crystallinity 4%
• Amorphous Material 4%
• Nanocomposite 4%
• Weight 3%