Preirradiation grafting of acrylic and methacrylic acid onto polyethylene films: Preparation and properties

✍ Scribed by Ging-Ho Hsiue; Wen-Kuei Huang

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 522 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/app.1985.070300312

✦ Synopsis

The method of preirradiation grafting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid onto polyethylene films was studied. The trapped radicals and hydroperoxides or diperoxides appeared to be able to induce graft polymerization. Mohr's salt was added to depress homopolymerization. The influences of crystallinity, dosage, and storage period on the grafting behavior were investigated from the viewpoint of practical application. At elevated temperature, the degree of grafting increased rapidly with reaction time initially, and then leveled off to the value of final percent grafting. Dosage and storage periods had greater extent of influence on the final percent grafting of LDPE than on that of HDPE. Electrical properties, transport properties, and mechanical properties were measured to compare the differences between acrylic-acidand methacrylic-acid-grafted copolymer films. It was found that the properties of methacrylicacid-grafted copolymer film was superior to those of acrylic-acid-grafted copolymer film, especially in electrical conductivity. The KOH diffusion test confirmed that grafting occurred not only on the surface but also in the interior of the polymer matrix, and the grafting is believed to proceed from the surface to the interior of the matrix.