The influences of intramolecular cyclization on the crosslinking reaction processes and the gel′s swelling ratio in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-glutaraldehyde(GA) system were studied. The results show that the intramolecular cyclization is a very important factor that has influence on the formation of PVA networks. The lower PVA concentration, the higher intramolecular cyclization degree and higher critical gelation mixing molecular molar ratio of CHO to OH(r_ c ) were obtained . The intramolecular cyclization fractions were increased with the decrease of PVA concentration. Equilibrium swelling ratio decreased with the increase of PVA concentration at the same extent of reaction and the increase of crosslinker concentration at the same PVA concentration. The formation of network can be adjusted with the change of the PVA concentration or the crosslinker concentration.
