This study covers grafting of Acrylic Acid (AA) and Methacrylic Acid (MAA) on Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) thin films by surface grafting and xylene-swollen grafting methods with Co-60 & / #947 / -ray in air. Also characterizations of pure, irradiated and grafted films were made by applying gravimetric, spectroscopic, thermal and mechanic tests. The thin films of UHMWPE were prepared by using compression molding. AA and MAA grafting on thin UHMWPE films were carried out by surface grafting and xylene-swollen grafting methods. During grafting processes, homopolymerization of monomers was avoided by using Fe2+ and Cu2+ ions. Grafting degree of AA and MAA were calculated for the samples irradiated at different doses. To verify grafting of AA and MAA on UHMWPE films, FTIR spectra of grafted films were used. Metal-uptake capacity is important property of grafted polyethylene for environmental applications. Thus, we examined metal-uptake capacities of AA and MAA grafted films for Fe(III) and Ni (II) and it was found that AA and MAA grafted UHMWPE films showed good affinity towards Fe(III) and Ni(II) metals. Thermal behavior of films were examined by DSC analysis. First run and second run DSC thermograms showed the thermal stability of films under heat. Mechanical properties of UHMWPE decrease with irradiation and grafting. However stress at break values of xylene-swollen grafted samples tend to increase with irradiation dose. In conclusion, water soluble monomers were successfully grafted on UHMWPE and these AA and MAA grafted UHMWPE films can be used in biomedical, environmental applications and other related areas.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/4/1081546/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 January 2003 |
| Creators | Goktepe, Canan |
| Contributors | Tincer, Teoman |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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