STUDIES ON THE CHEMICAL MODIFICATION OF TEXTILE FIBERS BY GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION

PART 1. GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION OF ACRYLAMIDE ON CELLULOSE

Abstract

Using cerium salt as an initiator, the graft copolymerization of acrylamide on linter pulp cellulose was studied.
The quantity of the polymer grafted in the air is found to be smaller than that in nitrogen, but the difference in the reaction mechanism was hardly recognized in both conditions. Considering the elementary reactions from the experimental results obtained, the following mechanism of the graft copolymerization is surmised:
where Cell, Ce^iv and M are cellulose, tetra valent cerium and monomeric acrylamide respectively.