The dimensional and volumeric changes of cellulose gel film during the copolymerization were studied to investigate the behavior of branched polymer formation.
The dimensional change of gel film against the grafting yield was found to vary by the thickness direction, the machine direction and the transverse direction of the film, the degree of dimensional change decreased in the following order: thickness direction> transverse direction> machine direction.
Since the thickness direction of film is the vertical component of (101) planes of cellulose, on the basis of the results obtained here, the branched polymer is presumed to be formed easily at the space between the micelles oriented to the direction of (101) planes and this conclusion is in accord with the results obtained by the X-ray analysis in the 5th and 6th paper of this series.
The volume change against the grafting yield was not detected within 40% of grafting yield, but above 40%, the volume increased proportionally to the grafting yield and the slope of curve at 40_??_300% is recognized to be different from that at above 300%, the value was 0.7 and 1.0, respectively.
From the results obtained here, the behavior of dimensional change of gel film during the reaction is presumed to be affected by the swelling of cellulose by water absorption and also the branched polymer is presumed to be formed easily at the surface layer of the film at the lower grafting yield, while it is formed uniformly through the whole layer of the film at above 300%.
In addition, the relation between the thickness change of dry grafted film and the grafting yield was studied. The thickness was found to increase proportionally to the grafting yield, but the slope of curve within 100% was recognized to be different from that at above 100%, and the slope of latter curve slightly less than that of former curve.
From the results that the behavior of dimensional change against the grafting yield in the case of dry film and wet film was given the opposite result, the state of aggregation of cellulose was affected by the branched polymer and then the dimensional change is presumed to be affected by the shrinkage factor during the drying of the film.
Further, the densities of grafted film were measured by the density gradient tube method.
The experimental data was found to be in accord with the calculated data by the additive mean value of densities of the polymer components, then the structural change of graft polymer has not clearly been elucidated.
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