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Grafting of maleic anhydride (MA) onto fast-cure ethylene-propylene di
ene terpolymer rubber was studied. The effect of the amount of the MA,
initiator (dicumyl peroxide), and electron donor (stearamide) on graf
t content are described. The potentiometric method and Fourier transfo
rm infrared spectroscopy are used to obtained the graft content. The s
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