Abstract

Peroxy disulphate initiated graft copolymerization of aniline onto poly(ethylene-terephthalate) and nylon6 fibre was carried out under nitrogen atmosphere at various experimental conditions in aqueous acidic medium. Graft parameters such as % grafting, % efficiency and rate of graft copolymerization were determined. Grafting was always accompanied by homopolymer formation. The rate of homopolymerization was also followed in all experimental conditions. The chemical grafting was confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy, differential thermal analysis and conductivity measurements. Probable mechanism has been proposed to explain our experimental results.

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