Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Biodegradable Water Absorbent Polyacrylonitrile/Montmorillonite Clay Nanocomposite

Table 1

Effect of variation of concentration of AN, APS, Co(III) complex, MMT, and time on the % of conversion and water absorbency.

Sample code	(AN) moL·dm^-3	(APS) × 10^2 MoL·dm^-3	(Complex) × 10^2 moL × dm^-3	(MMT); moL × dm^-3	Time in Sec	% conversion	Water absorbency 𝑄
S0	7.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	180	55.45	09
S1	0.38	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	57.19	39
S2	0.76	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	64.08	42
S3	1.51	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	68.85	74
S4	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	79.06	87
S5	3.03	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	64.45	68
S6	3.79	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	58.43	59
S7	4.55	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	54.57	56
S8	2.27	0.5	2.0	5.0	180	25.05	56
S9	2.27	1.0	2.0	5.0	180	58.18	69
S10	2.27	1.5	2.0	5.0	180	72.65	75
S11	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	79.06	87
S12	2.27	2.5	2.0	5.0	180	68.06	79
S13	2.27	3.0	2.0	5.0	180	54.49	72
S14	2.27	3.5	2.0	5.0	180	48.56	64
S15	2.27	2.0	0.5	5.0	180	35.09	69
S16	2.27	2.0	1.0	5.0	180	54.54	77
S17	2.27	2.0	1.5	5.0	180	68.89	83
S18	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	79.06	87
S19	2.27	2.0	2.5	5.0	180	64.00	76
S20	2.27	2.0	3.0	5.0	180	56.75	69
S21	2.27	2.0	3.5	5.0	180	48.95	62
S22	2.27	2.0	2.0	1.25	180	53.41	65
S23	2.27	2.0	2.0	2.5	180	62.31	76
S24	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	79.06	87
S25	2.27	2.0	2.0	10	180	72.55	84
S26	2.27	2.0	2.0	15	180	69.06	80
S27	2.27	2.0	2.0	20	180	63.07	76
S28	2.27	2.0	2.0	25	180	56.08	73
S29	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	60	57.09
S30	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	90	65.59
S31	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	120	69.49
S32	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	150	74.55
S33	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	180	79.06
S34	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	210	79.57
S35	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	240	79.65
S36	2.27	2.0	2.0	5.0	300	79.75