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Synthesis and characterization of vegetable tannin‐vinyl graft copolymers part I. Cutch‐poly(methyl acrylate) graft copolymers
Author(s) -
Vasantha R.,
Rao K. Panduranga,
Joseph K. Thomas
Publication year - 1987
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.1987.070330701
Subject(s) - grafting , copolymer , methyl acrylate , monomer , polymer chemistry , acrylate , thermogravimetric analysis , materials science , vinyl acetate , hydrogen peroxide , acetic acid , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer
New graft copolymers were synthesized by grafting methyl acrylate onto cutch, a vegetable tanning agent, in acetic acid medium with hydrogen peroxide as the initiator. The graft copolymers were characterized by infrared spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The dependence of the percentage of grafting, monomer conversion, efficiency of grafting and rate of grafting on the concentrations of initiator, acetic acid, and cutch were investigated. The optimum experimental conditions for grafting were obtained. A probable mechanism of grafting was also proposed.