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Grafting of vinyl acetate–methyl acrylate mixture onto cellulose. Effect of ceric ion and nitric acid concentrations
Author(s) -
Fernandez M. J.,
Casinos I.,
Guzman G. M.
Publication year - 1990
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.1990.070410926
Subject(s) - nitric acid , grafting , copolymer , methyl acrylate , vinyl acetate , polymer chemistry , cellulose , cellulose acetate , chemistry , acrylate , polymerization , ethyl acrylate , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer
The effect of ceric ion and nitric acid concentrations on the graft copolymerization of a mixture of vinyl acetate and methyl acrylate onto cellulose was studied. Two procedures for the reactants addition were employed. Several grafting parameters were determined. Both ceric ion and nitric acid concentrations have a strong effect on the graft copolymerization and they affect similarly some of the polymerization parameters. A variety in the nature of the graft copolymers obtained has been reached. The general behavior of reaction parameters is discussed.