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Grafting of glycidyl methacrylate onto gelatin
Author(s) -
Sivakumar M.,
Radhakrishnan P. Rajalingam Ganga,
Kothandaraman H.
Publication year - 1991
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.1991.070431002
Subject(s) - glycidyl methacrylate , grafting , monomer , copolymer , polymer chemistry , gelatin , swelling , materials science , aqueous solution , methacrylate , peroxydisulfate , methyl methacrylate , chemical engineering , chemistry , polymer , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering
Gelatin was graft copolymerized with poly(glycidyl methacrylate) using potassium peroxydisulfate in aqueous medium. Effect of temperature, time, initiator, monomer, and backbone concentrations were studied. The percent grafting was found to increase initially and then decrease in all the cases except with variation of monomer concentration. The rate of grafting, grafting efficiency, and percent of grafting were calculated. The grafting results have been discussed in the light of the rate of grafting. Mechanical properties, FT IR spectra, percent swelling, and percent dye uptake were carried out on the graft copolymerization and the results discussed.