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Table 3 Theoretical network parameters of xerogels containing different concentrations of EGDMA with effective network densities of the swollen gel

From: Effect of crosslinking concentration on properties of 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate/N-vinyl pyrrolidone gels

EGDMA

P (kg/dm3)

Moles (g/mol)

V (xerogel) (dm3)

C × 10−2 (mol/dm3)

v t (mol/dm3)

v e (mol/dm3)

0.0

1.032

0.0962

0.116

0.5

1.051

0.0025

0.0951

2.647

0.052

0.167

1.0

1.048

0.0050

0.0954

5.284

0.105

0.226

1.5

1.072

0.0075

0.0933

8.124

0.162

0.282

2.0

1.066

0.0118

0.0938

12.572

0.251

0.323