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Medientyp: E-Artikel Titel: Development of membranes by radiation grafting of acrylamide into polyethylene films: Characterization and thermal investigations Beteiligte: Gupta, Bhuvanesh; Anjum, Nishat Erschienen: Wiley, 2001 Erschienen in: Journal of Applied Polymer Science Sprache: Englisch DOI: 10.1002/app.2115 ISSN: 0021-8995; 1097-4628 Schlagwörter: Materials Chemistry ; Polymers and Plastics ; Surfaces, Coatings and Films ; General Chemistry Entstehung: Anmerkungen: Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Polyethylene‐<jats:italic>g</jats:italic>‐polyacrylamide membranes were prepared by graft polymerization of acrylamide into polyethylene films by preirradiation technique. The characterization and thermal behavior of membranes with different degrees of grafting were evaluated by density, X‐ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry measurements. Grafting led to considerable changes in the structure of polyethylene membranes. The density of the polyethylene film increased wtih the increase in the degree of grafting, although the increase beyond 100% grafting was less pronounced than at lower graft levels. The heat of fusion and the crystallinity of polyethylene decreased with the increase in the degree of grafting. The decrease in crystallinity is because of the cumulative effect of the dilution of inherent crystallinity by the incorporation of amorphous polyacrylamide grafts within the noncrystalline region of polyethylene (dilution effect) and partial disruption of the crystallites (crystal defects). X‐ray diffraction measurements also revealed a decrease in the crystallinity in grafted films. Membranes behaved as a two‐component system where polyethylene and polyacrylamide components underwent independent degradation irrespective of the graft levels. In general, the thermal stability of polyethylene in membranes was markedly improved by the grafting of acrylamide monomer as evident from the initial decomposition temperature increasing from 311°C for virgin PE to 390°C in grafted membranes. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 82: 2629–2635, 2001</jats:p>