The Graft Copolymerization of Acrylamide onto Cotton Fibers by the Pad-Cure Method

Abstract

The Pad-Cure method was applied to grafting acrylamide onto cotton fibers. It was found that grafted cotton fibers can be obtained within a short grafting time as 30 min. The graft copolymerization of acrylamide occured at the vicinity of the boiling temperature of solvent used to solute the monomer.
Furthermore, degree of grafting was found to vary with the amount of monomer added on fibers.