Study on high density polyethylene grafted with maleic anhydride

الملخص EN

The graft copolymerization of Maleiv anhydride (MAH) onto High Density Polyethylene was investigated using Benzyl peroxide (BPO) as an initiator and p-xylene as a solvent media.

The effect of different parameters such as reaction time, reaction temperature, maleic anhydride (MAH) and initiator (BPO) concentration were studied and discussed.

The maximum grafting degree (1.37 %) and percentage yield (72 %) has been observed at MAH concentration 1.02 × 10-3 mol / l and BPO concentration 2.064 × 10-4 mol / l for the reaction time 4 hrs.

Proof of Grafting was also established by weight increasing, titration and FTIR spectrum.