Radiation-induced grafting of allyl alcohol onto oriented high density polyethylene

✍ Scribed by Mary E. Austin; W.Ken Busfield; Peter J. Pomery

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 581 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-3057
• DOI: 10.1016/0014-3057(95)00008-9

✦ Synopsis

High density polyethylene tapes and fibres have been grafted with ally1 alcohol by vapour phase radiation-induced graft polymerization. Grafting was confirmed by FTIR, XPS and a dye assay. The ratio of surface to bulk grafted hydroxyl groups was higher for gel spun fibre as compared to natural draw ratio tape. ESR indicates that ally1 alcohol reacts with polyethylene radicals during irradiation but termination is too rapid for the nature of any new radicals to be identified.