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    • Pressure induced graft-co-polymerization of acrylonitrile onto Saccharum cilliare fibre and evaluation of some properties of grafted fibre

      A S Singha Anjali Shama Vijay Kumar Thakur

      Polymers Volume 31 Issue 1 February 2008 pp 7-13

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    • Keywords

       

      Saccharum cilliare fibre; acrylonitrile; graft copolymer; redox initiator; chemical resistance.

    • Abstract

       

      In the present work, graft co-polymerization of acrylonitrile (AN) onto Saccharum cilliare fibre has been carried out in the presence of potassium persulphate and ferrous ammonium sulphate (FAS–KPS) as redox initiator. The reactions were carried out under pressure in an autoclave. Various reaction parameters such as pressure, time, pH, concentrations of initiator and monomer were optimized to get maximum graft yield (35.59%). Grafted and ungrafted Saccharum cilliare fibres were then subjected to evaluation of some of their properties like swelling behaviour in different solvents, moisture absorbance under different humidity levels, water uptake and resistance towards chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide. The characterization of the graft copolymers were carried out by FTIR spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) studies.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      A S Singha1 Anjali Shama1 Vijay Kumar Thakur1

      1. Material Science Laboratory, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur 177 005, India

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      Published
      February 2008
      Manuscript received
      14 June 2007
      Manuscript revised
      28 November 2007

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