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POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY
Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages 363-368Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.11.031
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Polypropylene; Ionomer; Thermoplastic elastomer; Maleic anhydride
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Polypropylene ionic thermoplastic elastomers have been prepared by melt radical grafting of maleic anhydride onto polypropylene in the presence of N-bromosuccinimide followed by neutralization of the resulting elastomeric grafted polypropylene using sodium salts. Sodium hydroxide and sodium acetate were compared in aquesous solution, as anhydrous or hydrated powders The neutralization reaction was followed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, allowing the development of a method to determine the effective neutralization degree Important physical changes were recorded upon neutralization Especially thermal stability, shear storage modulus and complex viscosity in the flow region were largely increased as a function of the neutralization degree. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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