The Importance of the Mixing Energy in Ionized Superabsorbent Polymer Swelling Models
The Flory−Rehner theoretical description of the free energy in a hydrogel swelling model can be broken into two swelling components: the mixing energy and the ionic energy. Conventionally for ionized gels, the ionic energy is characterized as the main contributor to swelling and, therefore...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-03-01
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Series: | Polymers |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/12/3/609 |