Melt grafting of poly(ethylene‐vinyl acetate) copolymer with maleic anhydride
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Abstract
Abstract Poly(ethylene‐vinyl acetate) (EVA) copolymer was melt grafted with maleic anhydride (MAH) in a twin screw extruder in the presence of peroxide. It is confirmed that MAH has been melt grafted on the backbone of EVA by FTIR using the method of hydrolysis. The NMR analysis suggests that the grafting reaction occurs on the tertiary carbon of main chain of EVA other than the methyl moiety of vinyl acetate (VA) group. The incorporation of VA groups onto the matrix shows a competitive effect on the grafting. The existence of VA groups promotes the extent of MAH graft onto EVA; nevertheless, it also weakens the crystallizability of main chain. When the content of peroxide initiator is 0.1 wt % based on the polymer matrix, the grafting degree increases with increasing the concentration of monomer. When the peroxide content is higher than 0.1 wt %, side reactions such as crosslinking or disproportionation will be introduced into this system. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 102: 841–846, 2006
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