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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 87, Issue 1, Pages 500-511Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.08.011
Keywords
Graft copolymer; Acrylonitrile; Reactivity ratio; Swelling; Percent grafting
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- MHRD New Delhi
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Functionalization of Agave fibers was carried out by graft copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) and ethyl acrylate (EA) from their binary solutions in presence of Ce (IV) ions at a temperature of 45 +/- 0.1 degrees C. An increase in the graft copolymerization was obtained with the increase in the feed molarity of the comonomers up to certain extent. Contrary to lesser affinity of acrylonitrile to grafting on Agave fibers, a synergistic effect of ethyl acrylate on acrylonitrile was observed when graft copolymers were prepared using different feed compositions (f(AN)). The graft copolymers were characterized by various techniques such as FT-IR. TCA/DTA. X-RD and SEM analysis. Further swelling behavior of grafted fibers in different solvents, moisture absorption behavior and resistance to chemicals was investigated as a function of percent grafting to define their end uses in different environments. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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