Abstract

In order to extend the application of grafting for the modification of natural polymers, the graft polymerization of methyl methacrylate onto gelatin by radical initiators was studied in aqueous solution at temperatures between 60°C and 80°C. Among the initiators used (peroxy-sulfates, α,α′-azobisisobutylonitrile, and benzoyl peroxide), potassium peroxysulfate was found to be the most efficient initiator in this particular graft polymerization. From the kinetic data with this initiator, it was shown that (1) efficiency of grafting is higher at lower temperature; (2) a sharp increase in the efficiency of grafting occurs at the later period of the polymerization at high temperature, which is attributable to the combination between homopolymer and backbone gelatin; and (3) generally, the number of branches was small and the molecular weight of the branch polymer was high in this polymerization.

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