Superabsorbent Polymer Based on Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Grafted Polyacrylic Acid by Inverse Suspension Polymerization

Table 1

The maximum swelling capacity in distilled water for some superabsorbent polymers/hydrogels based on CMC and free radical solution polymerization, with present results in the last row for comparison.

Superabsorbent polymer/hydrogel based on CMC	Maximum swelling capacity (g/g)	Reference
Poly CMC-g-poly(AA-co-AM)	920	Suo et al. [4]
Poly CMC-g-poly(NaAA)	317–634	Wang et al. [6]
Poly CMC-g-poly(NaAA)	322	Hosseinzadeh and Sadeghi, 2012 [7]
Poly CMC-g-poly(NaAA)/Kaolin	392	Hosseinzadeh and Sadeghi, 2012 [7]
Poly CMC/poly(AA) blend	165	Sutradhar et al. [8]
Poly NaCMC-g-poly(AA)	544.95	Present work