Research Article
Preparation and Characterization of Nanoporous Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose Hydrogel Beads
Table 2
The morphology properties of NaCMC hydrogels.
| Hydrogel | Average granule density (number of granule/cm2) | Average granule size (nm) | Average pore size (nm) | Average pore density (number of pore/cm2) |
| NaCMC-1 | 9.1 × 1011 ± 0.2 | 66.7 ± 0.9 | 237.8 ± 15.4 | 1.4 × 109 ± 0.4 | NaCMC-4 | 9.4 × 1011 ± 0.2 | 62.1 ± 0.9 | 189.8 ± 12.2 | 2.3 × 109 ± 0.4 | NaCMC-5 | 9.2 × 1011 ± 0.4 | 45.7 ± 0.8 | 183.6 ± 9.2 | 8.8 × 109 ± 0.5 | NaCMC-8 | 10.5 × 1011 ± 0.4 | 25.8 ± 0.5 | 125.2 ± 7.2 | 18.8 × 109 ± 0.5 | NaCMC-9 | 19.1 × 1011 ± 0.5 | 30.4 ± 0.2 | 129.6 ± 5.7 | 19.4 × 109 ± 0.6 | NaCMC-12 | 21.2 × 1011 ± 0.5 | 13.1 ± 0.3 | 82.1 ± 3.2 | 20.2 × 109 ± 0.6 |
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