Authors: R Anbarasan V Dhanalakshmi
Publish Date: 2010/11/18
Volume: 77, Issue: 5, Pages: 619-625
Abstract
Highdensity polyethylene HDPE was meltfunctionalized with three different esters at 160oC in the presence of dicumyl peroxide DCP a free radical initiator under nitrogen atmosphere at different weight loadings of esters DCP and the esters were taken for the melt functionalization reaction in 11 ratio FTIR spectroscopy was used to determine the grafting of esters onto the HDPE backbone quantitatively Diethyl mercaptosuccinate DEMS produced the highest grafting with lowest crosslinking values whereas anthranilic acid cinnamoyl ester AACE yielded the highest crosslinking with the lowest grafting values
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