Author: George Odian

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Published: 1961

Total Pages: 62

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An 1100 curie cobalt-60 source, a 1.0 Mev. dynamitron electron accelerator and a 2.0 Mev. Van de Graaff electron accelerator were used in an investigation of the radiation induced graft copolymerization of a methacrylic acid-styrene (2:1 mole ratio) mixture onto polypropylene. A qualitative analysis of the graft copolymer composition, based on spectroscopic analyses and on the dyeability of the grafted samples indicated that isotope initiated grafts are richer in the more polar component than equivalent accelerator initiated copolymer grafts.