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Abstract

Blend film from methylcellulose (MC)-poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) and hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC)-poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) was prepared by casting technique. Mechanical and FTIR tests have been employed with nine weight ratios, including 10/90, 20/80, 30/70, 40/60, 50/50, 60/40, 70, 30, 80/20, 90/10) for each prepared polymer to investigate the best resulted sample. The results indicated that with increasing concentration of PVA, there is an increase in tensile strength in two prepared polymers. Whereas an increase in glycerol concentration in HPMC–PVA film causes an increase in elongation at break making films more flexible. The two samples that have high tensile strength were subjected to tensile tests after various periods of UV exposure. It was found that the tensile strength increased with increasing exposure time. The highest values obtained with 12 houre.

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MC-PVA HPMC-PVA UV Irradiation FTIR Tensile strength.

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ABDUL MUHSIN, Z. A., ALDHAMIN, A. S., & SHAFIK, S. S. (2021). Enhancement mechanical properties of cellulose ethers - polyvinyl alcohol blend by UV irradiation. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 8, 168–176. Retrieved from http://www.ijichthyol.org/index.php/iji/article/view/010024

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