Synthesis and Characterization of Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose
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ﺑﺴﻢ ﷲ اﻟﺮﺣﻤﻦ اﻟﺮﺣﯿﻢ Sudan University of Science & Technology College of Graduate Studies Synthesis and Characterization of Sodium Carboxymethyl Cellulose from the sawdust of Pine wood ﺗﺨﻠﯿﻖ وﺗﺸﺨﯿﺺ ﺻﻮدﯾﻮم ﻛﺎرﺑﻮﻛﺴﻲ ﻣﯿﺜﯿﻞ اﻟﺴﯿﻠﯿﻠﻮز ﻣﻦ ﻧﺸﺎرة ﺧﺸﺐ اﻟﺼﻨﻮﺑﺮ A Thesis submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirement of the Degree of M.Sc. in Chemistry By: Sittana Ahmed Satti B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry Supervisor Dr. AdilElhag Ahmed 2015 1 ( .......... وَﻗُﻞ رﱠبﱢ زِدْﻧِﻲ ﻋِﻠْﻤًﺎ) (ﻃﮫ : 114) I Dedication dedicated to Soul of my father, My lovely mother My husband brothers And Sisters II Acknowledgements Thanks to Almighty Allah for giving me strength and health to accomplish this work. I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Adil Elhag Ahmed for continuous supervision, valuable suggestions and advice; his kind help enabled me to achieve my research goals. Thanks are also extended to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific research and the family of Sudan Institute for Natural Sciences for their assistance and support. Many thanks to my family, friends and colleagues at the research laboratory (Soba) for their help and encouragement. Also I would like to thank the staff of the Central Lab., Khartoum University for the IR spectral measurements and the staff of General Directorate for Petroleum Labs., Research & Studies (PLRS) for XRD measurements. III Abstract Sawdust or wood dust is a by-product of cutting, grinding, drilling, sanding, or otherwise pulverizing wood with a saw or other tool. It is composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. This study aimed to utilize sawdust of wood for preparing sodium- carboxymethylcellulose (Na-CMC). Cellulose was isolated from sawdust of pine wood, then the cellulose powder was converted to carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) by etherification process using sodium monochloroacetic acid (Na-MCA) as etherfying agents in presence of sodium hydroxide. The amount of cellulose (2.5 g), reaction temperature (55 °C) and amount of monochloroacetic acid, MCA (2.5 g) were kept constant. The effect of various amounts of either sodium acetate or sodium nitrate was studied in this reaction for the production of Na-CMC of maximum Degree of Substitution (DS) value. The optimum amounts of these salts were found to 5g CH3COONa or 5g NaNO3. In the presence of this amount of salt, the produced CMC materials were found to have high DS values of 0.963 with CH3COONa, and 1.18 with NaNO3. The produced CMC was characterized using XRD diffractometer and Fourier Transform Infrared spectra (FT-IR). The two techniques together indicated the successful production of Na-CMC material. IV اﻟﺧﻼﺻﺔ ﺗﻌﺗﺑر اﻟﻧﺷﺎرة أو ﻧﻔﺎﯾﺔ اﻟﺧﺷب ﻫﻲ اﻟﻧﺎﺗﺞ اﻟﺛﺎﻧوي ﻣن ﻗطﻊ أو ﺳﺣن أو ﺛﻘب أو ﺻﻧﻔرة أو ﺣﺗﻰ ﺳﺣن اﻟﺧﺷب ﺑﻣﻧﺷﺎر أو أي أداة أﺧرى ، وﺗﺣﺗوي ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺳﻠﯾﻠوز واﻟﻬﯾﻣﻲ ﺳﻠﯾﻠوازت واﻟﻠﺟﻧﯾن. ﺗﻬدف ﻫذﻩ اﻟدارﺳﺔ إﻟﻰ اﺳﺗﺧدام ﻧﺷﺎرة اﻟﺧﺷب ﻓﻲ ﺗﺣﺿﯾر اﻟﻛﺎرﺑوﻛﺳﻲ ﻣﯾﺛﯾل ﺳﻠﯾﻠوز اﻟﺻودﯾوم (Na-CMC) . ﺗم ﻓﺻل اﻟﺳﻠﯾﻠوز ﻣن ﻧﺷﺎرة ﺧﺷب اﻟﺻﻧوﺑر ، ﺛم ﺣول ﻣﺳﺣون اﻟﺳﻠﯾﻠوز إﻟﻰ ﻛﺎرﺑوﻛﺳﻲ ﻣﯾﺛﯾل اﻟﺳﻠﯾﻠوز ﻋن طرﯾق اﻷﺛﯾرة ﺑﺎﺳﺗﺧدام ﺣﻣض اﻟﺧل اﺣﺎدي اﻟﻛﻠور ﻟﻠﺻودﯾوم (Na-MCA) ﻛﻌﺎﻣل ﻟﻸﺛﯾرة ﻓﻲ وﺟود ﻫﯾدروﻛﺳﯾد اﻟﺻودﯾوم .اﻟﻛﻣﯾﺔ ﻣن اﻟﺳﻠﯾﻠوز (2.5g) وﺣاررة اﻟﺗﻔﺎﻋل (55°C) وﻛﻣﯾﺔ ﺣﻣض اﻟﺧل أﺣﺎدي اﻟﻛﻠور 2.5g) MCA) ﻛل ﻫذﻩ اﻟﻌواﻣل ظﻠت ﺛﺎﺑﺗﺔ . ﺗﻣت دارﺳﺔ ﺗﺄﺛﯾر اﻻﺧﺗﻼف ﺳواًء ﻛﺎن ﻓﻲ ﻛﻣﯾﺎت ﺧﻼت اﻟﺻودﯾوم أو ﻧﺗارت اﻟﺻودﯾوم اﻟﻣﺳﺗﺧدﻣﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻫذا اﻟﺗﻔﺎﻋل ﻹﻧﺗﺎج (Na-CMC) ﺑﺄﻋﻠﻰ درﺟﺔ ﻣن اﻻﺳﺗﺑدال . اﻟﻛﻣﯾﺎت اﻟﻣﺛﺎﻟﯾﺔ ﻟﻬذﻩ اﻷﻣﻼح وﺟدت أﻧﻬﺎ 5g ﻟﺧﻼت اﻟﺻودﯾوم أو 5g ﻟﻧﺗارت اﻟﺻودﯾوم . وﻓﻲ وﺟود ﻫذﻩ اﻟﻛﻣﯾﺎت ﻣن اﻟﻣﻠﺢ وﺟدت ﻛﻣﯾﺎت اﻟـ CMC اﻟﻧﺎﺗﺟﺔ ﺑﺄﻋﻠﻰ درﺟﺔ ﻣن اﻻﺳﺗﺑدال ﻫﻲ 0.963 ﻣﻊ ﺧﻼت اﻟﺻودﯾوم و 1.18 ﻣﻊ ﻧﺗارت اﻟﺻودﯾوم . اﻟﻛﺎرﺑوﻛﺳﻲ ﻣﯾﺛﯾل ﺳﻠﯾﻠوز اﻟﻧﺎﺗﺞ ﺗم ﺗﺷﺧﯾﺻﻪ ﺑﺎﺳﺗﺧدام ﺗﻘﻧﯾﺗﻲ XRD diffractometer و (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra (FT-IR . ﻛﻼ اﻟﺗﻘﻧﯾﺗﯾن أﻛدت ﺑﻧﺟﺎح إﻧﺗﺎج ﻣﺎدة اﻟﻛﺎرﺑوﻛﺳﻲ ﻣﯾﺛﯾل ﺳﻠﯾﻠوز اﻟﺻودﯾوم . V Contents NO Title page Alaya I Dedication II Acknowledgment III English Abstract IV Arabic Abstract V Table of contents VI List of tables VIII List of figures VIII List of scheme VIII List of abbreviations IX Chapter one : Introduction Introduction 1 1.1 Natural woods 1 1.1.1 Soft wood 3 1.1.2 Hardwood 3 1.1.3 Chemical Composition of Wood 3 1.2 Sawdust 4 1.2.1 Practical uses 5 1.3 Pine tree 5 1.4 Cellulose 6 1.4.1 Definition and chemical structure of cellulose 6 1.4.2 Properties of cellulose 6 1.4.3 Sources of cellulose 8 1.5 Cellulose derivatives 8 1.5.1 Cellulose Esters 9 1.5.2 Cellulose Ethers 10 1.5.2.1 Carboxymethyl Cellulose Sodium Salt 11 1.5.2.2 Chemical Structure of CMC 11 1.5.2.3 Properties of CMC 12 1.5.2.4 Synthesis of CMC 12 1.6 Applications of CMC 14 1.7 Previous studies 16 1.8 Objectives 18 VI Chapter two: Experimental 2.1 Materials 19 2.2 Methods 19 2.2.1 Preparation of the sample 19 2.2.2 Extraction of cellulose 19 2.2.3 Synthesis of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose 20 2.2.4 Determination of Degree of Substitution 20 2.2.5 Characterization of Carboxymethylcellulose 22 2.2.5.1 X- Rays Diffraction (XRD) analysis 22 2.2.5.2 Fourier transforms Infra Red (FT-IR) spectroscopy 22 Chapter Three: Results and discussion 3.1 Yield of cellulose and Caroxymethylcellulose (CMC) 23 3.2 Degree of substitution for CMC materials 23 3.3 XRD result for CMC isolated from sawdust of pine wood 26 3.4 FT- IR result of Cellulose isolated from sawdust of pine wood 27 3.5 The FT-IR result of CMC materials fabricated from sawdust of 28 pine wood 3.6 Conclusion 31 References 32 VII List of tables No Title of table page 1.1 Comparison between hardwood and softwood 2 1.2 Chemical Composition of Some Wood Species 4 1.3 Natural sources of cellulose 8 1.4 CMC grades and typical applications 14 3.1 The degree of substitution for CMC materials produced from 25 sawdust of pine wood 26 3.2 DS value of CMC from different sources of cellulose List of figures No Title of figure page 1.1 Aphotographic picture of pine wood 3 1.2 Aphotographic picture of mahogany wood 3 1.3 Aphotographic picture of Sawdust of wood 4 1.4 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), North Korea 5 List of schemes No Title of scheme page 1.1 Schematic representation of cellulose structure 6 1.2 Schematic representation of Na-CMC Structure 11 1.3 The reaction for the synthesis of carboxymethylcellulose 13 3.1 Effect of amount of CH3COONa on the DS of CMC produced from 24 sawdust of pine wood 3.2 Effect of amount of NaNO3 on the DS produced from sawdust of pine 25 wood 3.3 The XRD patterns of CMC fabricated from sawdust pine wood: a- In 27 the absence of salts, b- In the presence of NaNO3 salt, and c- In the prensence of sodium acetate salt 3.4 The FT-IR spectrum of cellulose isolated from sawdust of pine wood 28 The FT-IR spectrum of CMC (DS 0.963) synthesized from cellulosic 3.5 pine wood sawdust at optimum conditions using CH3COONa 29 electrolyte salt. The FT-IR spectrum of CMC (DS 1.18) synthesized from cellulosic 3.6 pine wood sawdust at optimum conditions using NaNO3 electrolyte 29 salt. The FT-IR spectrum of CMC (DS 0.619) synthesized from cellulosic 3.7 pine wood sawdust at optimum conditions in absence of electrolyte 30 salt. VIII List of abbreviations CMC Carboxymethylcellulose DP Degree of polymerization DS Degree of substitution FTIR Fourier transforms infrared H-CMC Acid Carboxymethylcellulose Na-CMC Sodium- Carboxymethylcellulose Na-MCA Sodium-monochloroaciticacid IX Chapter one Introduction X Chapter One Introduction Introduction Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) is the most important commercial cellulose ether. It is an anionic polyelectrolyte prepared by reaction of sodium chloroacetate with alkali cellulose. The sodium form of carboxymethylcellulose is commonly known as CMC, but food-grade is also known as cellulose gum. CMC is sold as a white to off-white powder, and is available in several grades and in a variety of types depending on the degree of substitution (DS), viscosity and particle size (Mark et al. 1985). There is a wide array of commercial uses for CMC due to its particular properties. CMC is soluble in water when the degree of substitution is higher than 0.5, giving high viscosity in dilute solutions. It has a thickening effect, film-forming ability, and excellent behavior as protecting colloid and adhesive (Rinaudo and Reguant 2000). CMC is non-toxic and it is currently finding an increasing number of applications in the pharmaceutical, medical and food industries. It is a key component in controlled drug-release pills and in the manufacture of personal care products (Melia 1991). It is also used in gels applied as protecting agents during heart, thorax and cornea surgery (Nomori and Horio 1997). 1.1 Natural woods Natural woods are taken from different types of trees and based on these types of trees are classified into two main groups, softwoods and hardwoods. Trees are either coniferous (bears cones and have needle shaped leaves that stay green all year round) or deciduous (has flat leaves that fall in autumn). The timber that comes from the coniferous tree is known as softwood and the timber that comes from deciduous trees is known as hardwood. Although these terms suggest that softwoods are soft and easy to cut and shape 1 whereas, hardwoods are hard and more difficult to shape this is not the case. For example, balsa wood which is noted for its lightness and softness is actually classified as a hardwood.