01662nam a2200217 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020002200079040000800101100002500109245013100134260003400265300004600299502009000345504002900435520092900464650001901393650001301412650001901425vtls000066802KUKTEM20251114204529.0121122t2012    my a   f m    000 0 eng d  aTHE0004935(Local)  aUMP0 aNorhazwani Mat Sudin10aSynthesis and swelling behaviour of oil palm empty fruit bunch  based superabsorbent polymer composite /cNorhazwani Mat Sudin  aKuantan, Pahang :bUMP,c2012  axiii, 34 p. :bill. ;c30 cm. +e1 CD-ROM  aProject paper (Bachelor of Chemical Engineering) -- Universiti Malaysia Pahang - 2012  aBibliography : p. 31 -333 aPolyacrylicamide-graft-oil  palm  Empty  Fruit  Bunch  (PAM-g-EFB)  SAP  was synthesized using graft copolymerization method of acrylicamide (AM) monomer onto EFB  backbone  with  ammonium  persulphate  (APS)  as  an  initiator  and  N’N’-methylenebisacrylamide  (MBA)  as  cross-linker  to  assist  the  process.  Determination  of water  absorbency  was  tested  using tea  bag  method  after  immersed  in  distilled  water. The  effects  on  amount  of  initiator,  cross-linker  and  filler  towards  water  absorbency were studied to determine the optimum condition of EFB-g-PAM SAP. The maximum water  absorbency  was  263g/g,  223g/g  and  250g/g  when  the  optimum  condition  for initiator  (APS),  crosslinker  (MBA)  and  filler  (EFB)  were  at  10wt%,  respectively.  The characterization  of  the  EFB-g-PAM  SAP  was  characterized  by  FTIR  spectroscopy while thermal stability was indicate using TGA. 0aAcrylic resins 0aSorbents 0aPolymerization