Effect of Hot Water and Water-carrying Agent on the Properties of Silane-water Crosslinked Linear Low Density Polyethylene

T. Chen; J. Wang; P. Shi; Q. Li; C. Wu

doi:10.3139/217.2672

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Effect of Hot Water and Water-carrying Agent on the Properties of Silane-water Crosslinked Linear Low Density Polyethylene

T. Chen , J. Wang , P. Shi , Q. Li and C. Wu

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From the journal International Polymer Processing Volume 28 Issue 2

Abstract

The influence of hot water and the water-carrying agent aluminum potassium sulfate dodecahydrate (alum) on the mechanical and thermal properties of the silane-water crosslinked linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) was investigated. LLDPE was melt-grafted with various content of vinyl trimethoxysilane (VTMS) using dicumyl peroxide (DCP) as initiator. The results show that the contribution of hot water to gel content is poor, about 2 to 16%, compared with that of the silane grafted LLDPE. Is feasible to achieve silane-water crosslinking reaction with alum for self-crosslinked LLDPE; furthermore, the self-crosslinked LLDPE has lower crosslink density (ν). It was found that alum could not only conduct silane-water crosslinking reaction effectively, but also improve the mechanical properties, especially the elongation behavior. The heat of fusion (ΔHm), the melting temperature (Tm), and the degree of crystallinity (Xc) of the hot water crosslinked LLDPE decreased with the advancement of VTMS. The Avrami exponent n of self-crosslinked sample was larger than that of hot water crosslinked sample. This means that the alum could contribute to the growth of crystallization.

Chifei Wu, Shanghai Key Laboratory Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory of Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, PRC E-mail: wucf@ecust.edu.cn

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Received: 2012-6-27

Accepted: 2012-11-20

Published Online: 2013-08-22

Published in Print: 2013-05-01

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