Sm. Mokhtar, RADIATION-INDUCED GRAFTING OF ACRYLIC-ACID AND VINYL-ACETATE MONOMERSONTO HEAVY-DUTY POLY(ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE) FILMS, Polymer international, 42(3), 1997, pp. 335-339
The preparation of graft films was carried out by direct radiation-ind
uced graft polymerization of acrylic acid and vinyl acetate comonomer
onto heavy-duty poly(ethylene-vinyl acetate) films. The effect of vari
ous comonomer compositions on the degree of grafting was investigated.
The characterization and some selected properties of the graft copoly
mers prepared were studied. Thermal stability, mechanical and electric
al properties of the films showed great promise for some practical app
lications.