I am to make a solution of Sodium Nitrate and a polymer which is hydrophobic. I have been trying with ethanol, but in vain. Please suggest me a procedure to make a solution of sodium nitrate.
I am assuming you are looking to dissolve both sodium nitrate and a non-polar polymer in the same solution.
Most solvents that will dissolve sodium nitrate will be polar in nature and will probably struggle to solubilise your polymer. DMSO and a few others may be worth looking at but I suspect you will need some kind of solvent blend - at a guess possibly involving an alcohol and an alkylbenzene like o-Xylene. However, the exact composition will depend on your polymer's solubility also. You may have to compromise with low concentration.
Finally, worth bearing in mind that polymers - particularly long chain variants - can take time to dissolve and can be aided through heat and sonication.
Good luck.
I remember that I dissolved silver nitrate using acetonitrile before. So I recommend acetonitrile for a trial, but I'm not sure if it is compatible with your polymer.
Please have a look on following links, may be they can help you.
https://espace.curtin.edu.au/bitstream/handle/20.500.11937/505/138941_Rossiter%20A%202009%20Full.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y
http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/16/035/16035295.pdf
Regards,
I am assuming you are looking to dissolve both sodium nitrate and a non-polar polymer in the same solution.
Most solvents that will dissolve sodium nitrate will be polar in nature and will probably struggle to solubilise your polymer. DMSO and a few others may be worth looking at but I suspect you will need some kind of solvent blend - at a guess possibly involving an alcohol and an alkylbenzene like o-Xylene. However, the exact composition will depend on your polymer's solubility also. You may have to compromise with low concentration.
Finally, worth bearing in mind that polymers - particularly long chain variants - can take time to dissolve and can be aided through heat and sonication.
Good luck.
try to use the following either alone or as a mixture with water :
pyridine [C5H5N]: 0,35 (25°) ,ethanol [C2H5OH]: 0,036 (25°) ,ethanol [C2H5OH] 50%: 19,4 (20°) ethylenediamine [H2NCH2CH2NH2]: 33,5 (25°) ammonia liquid [NH3]: 127 (0°) acetone [(CH3)2CO . Aceto nitrile.
you may benefit in adding 0.05% surfactnat.
hope my answer beneficial
good luck
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