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Sound Absorption and Natural Polysaccharides: The case of Persian Gum and Tragacanth Gum

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To prepare high-performance sound absorbing materials, the use of plant materials is a new approach based on environmental protection. In this study, two types of gum (Persian Gum and Tragacanth Gum) and Starch, gelatin and wheat straw were used as environmental friendly materials. The Three samples were prepared with certain weight-volume compositions of these materials based on the sol-gel and freeze-drying method. The manufactured samples were evaluated in terms of sound absorption properties, thermal stability and mechanical properties. The results showed different structures in terms of microspores and macrospores. the sample containing the combination of two gums (Persian Gum and Tragacanth Gum), with density (30.0358 g/cm), porosity (94.80%) and sound absorption coefficient (0.44) shows better performance than the other two samples. In this way, the sound absorption coefficient in high frequencies showed more than 70% improvement in such samples.

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This article was derived from a thesis by Mahsa Khormi as a part of an M.Sc degree in the field of occupational health engineering. The authors are thankful to the Office of Vice President for Research in Environmental Technologies Research Center Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, which supported the project with registration number ETRC-0112.

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    Mahsa Khorami, Hosseinali Rangkooy & Behzad Fouladi Dehaghi

  2. Department of Occupational Health, Health Faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

    Mahsa Khorami, Hosseinali Rangkooy & Behzad Fouladi Dehaghi

  3. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacy Faculty, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

    Anayatollah Salimi

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H.R, A.S, M.K and B.F.D. design the study, M.K and B.F.D.wrote the main manuscript text and M.K prepared figures. All authors reviewed the manuscript.“

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Khorami, M., Rangkooy, H., Dehaghi, B.F. et al. Sound Absorption and Natural Polysaccharides: The case of Persian Gum and Tragacanth Gum. J Polym Environ 32, 1860–1867 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-023-03106-3

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