The monomer, p-acryloyloxybenzoic acid (ABA) was synthesized by condensation reaction of acryloyl chloride and p-hydroxybenzoic acid in alkaline medium. Polymerization of the monomer and grafting of the produced
polymer (PABA) onto high density polyethylene (HDPE) were expected to be carried simultaneously in melt mixing at high temperature. The graft copolymerization was studied at varying concentrations of the monomer in the reaction mixture at constant temperature (200 0C).
Grafted HDPE samples were investigated by several techniques such as DSC, FTIR, MFI and mechanical testing.
The tensile tests of PABA-g-HDPE showed an improvement particularly in stress at yield and Young&rsquo / s modulus whereas the strain at break values showed a decrease for all compositions compared to neat HDPE.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607968/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2003 |
| Creators | Cagirici, Seda |
| 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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