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Objective

  • Make PVA beads
  • Analyze hydration test samples
  • Record previous DSC results and set-up autosampler

Description

  1. Same clay-making procedure
  2. Aspiration done to collect hydration test samples

Data

  • Last Labs' Hydration Test: [1]
  • Hydration Test
  1. PVA Clay Beads
    1. bead mass wet: 1.1418 g, H2O adsorbed 1.02007 g, adsorption of 8.15 x mass
    2. bead mass wet: 1.12623 g, H2O adsorbed 0.99982 g, adsorption of 7.91 x mass
    3. bead mass wet: 1.0901 g, H2O adsorbed 0.96348 g, adsorption of 7.61 x mass
  2. PVA Beads
    1. bead mass wet 1.3599 g, H2O adsorbed 1.23351 g, adsorption of 9.76 x mass
    2. bead mass wet 1.2946 g, H2O adsorbed 1.16945 g, adsorption of 9.34 x mass
    3. bead mass wet 1.3330 g, H2O adsorbed 1.20845 g, adsorption of 9.70 x mass

Notes

  • PVA beads showed higher adsorption than PVA-Clay beads