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Chemically induced graft copolymerization of vinyl monomers onto cotton fibers
Author(s) -
Pulat Mehlika,
Isakoca Ceyhan
Publication year - 2006
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.23060
Subject(s) - grafting , monomer , itaconic acid , copolymer , benzoyl peroxide , swelling , polymer chemistry , acrylic acid , materials science , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , acrylamide , fiber , synthetic fiber , chemical engineering , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , polymer , composite material , engineering
We investigated the chemically induced graft copolymerizations of acrylic acid (AA), acrylamide, crotonic acid, and itaconic acid (IA) onto cotton fibers. Benzoyl peroxide was used as an initiator. The effects of grafting temperature, grafting time, and monomer and initiator concentrations on the grafting yields were studied, and optimum grafting conditions were determined for the sample material. The maximum grafting yield value obtained was 23.8% for AA. Swelling tests, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy analyses of grafted and ungrafted fibers were also performed to characterize fiber properties. IA‐grafted fibers were measured as the most swollen fibers, with a swelling value of 510%. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 2343–2347, 2006