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4707275 
Journal Article 
STYRENE ASSISTED MELT FREE RADICAL GRAFTING OF MALEIC ANHYDRIDE ONTO HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE AND PROPERTIES OF THE GRAFT COPOLYMER 
Li Yan; Li Ying; Xie Xuming 
2011 
Yes 
Gaofenzi Xuebao
ISSN: 1000-3304 
4 
347-353 
WOS:000290555900003 
Free radical melt-grafting of the multi-monomer system of maleic anhydride (MAH)/styrene (St) onto high density polyethylene (HDPE) prepared by a single-screw extruder was studied. It was found that the addition of St monomer could significantly improve the MAH grafting level of the grafted HDPE. With increasing the St concentration, the graft degree of MAH first increased and then decreased a little. The maximum MAH grafting degree and the minimum melt flow rate were obtained when the molar ratio of MAH to St was approximately 1:1. The higher the graft degree, the smaller MFR value was, suggesting that the grafted PE chains induced intermolecular entanglements. The mechanical properties of the grafted polymer with the addition of small portions of St monomer were better than those of the neat HDPE in this case. The mechanism of the multi-monomer melt grafting HDPE system was also discussed. It was proposed that MAH and St interacted and copolymerized with each other in the melt grafting system. The grafting of St-MAH copolymer (SMA) onto HDPE greatly increased the grafting degree of the grafted HDPE. When the amount of St is larger than MAH,St would be first grafted onto the PE backbone, inhibiting the grafting of SMA. Besides, the crosslinking of PE was well depressed due to the increase of graft degree in the multi-monomer melt grafting systems. And no obvious gel was obseved in the reflux process. 
High density polyethylene; Melt grafting; Multi-monomer; Grafting mechanism