SYNTHESIS OF GRAFT COPOLYMER FROM ETHYL METHACRYLATE
ONTO DELIGNIFIED GREWIA OPTIVA FIBER
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Ft Ir
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Ethyl methacrylate was grafted onto delignified Grewia optiva fiber using ascorbic acid/H2O2 as redox initiators in an aqueous medium. The reaction variables including concentration of ascorbic acid, H2O2, monomer and amount of backbone as well as time and temperature have been varied for establishing grafting. The influence of these reaction conditions on the grafting yield has been discussed. The overall activation energy of grafting has been calculated. The FT-IR spectroscopy, Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) techniques have been used for the characterization of graft copolymer.