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Grafting of acrylonitrile onto cellulose initiated by ceric ion
Author(s) -
Rao S. Ranga,
Kapur S. L.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1969.070131212
Subject(s) - grafting , acrylonitrile , cellulose , monomer , polymer chemistry , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer , copolymer
Acrylonitrile was grafted onto cellulose with the use of ceric salt as initiator and the grafting was found to be maximum at 0.6 N acid concentration. The effect of monomer and initiator concentration on the extent of grafting was studied. A new method for quantitative estimation of extent of grafting on cellulose was developed and its validity was established. The grafted samples with 20% increase in weight were found to be highly resistant to microorganisms.