User:Raquel Lara/Notebook/481-2018/2018/10/24

Biomaterials Design Lab

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Objective SEM Create new beads with montmorillonite in PVA Description To help with the issue of clogging: Olive oil used as a carrier fluid Data Rate: Olive Oil: 2 mL/min, gray pump, 60 mL syringe PVA and gluteraldehyde: 0.05 mL/min, red pump, 30 mL syringe Set-Up: Notes PVA and glutaraldehyde are mixed in y-junction where the olive oil will pinch off the composite mixture into beads. glutaraldehyde filled in 3 mL syringe with 0.5 mL of 8% glutaraldehyde and then 2.5 mL filled with DI water. 10% PVA in 10% HCl 5.8 g PVA [Mw 31-50,000 kDa] in 5.8 g DI H2O