Grafting of n-butyl acrylate with natural rubber latex film by gamma radiation: a reaction mechanism

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  • KMZ Hossain Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Daffodil International University, Dhaka
  • AM Sarwaruddin Chowdhury Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka

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https://doi.org/10.3329/diujst.v5i1.4386

Keywords:

Natural rubber latex, n-butyl acrylate, Irradiation, Swelling ratio, Cross-link, Reaction mechanism

Abstract

Natural rubber latex (NRL) and n-butyl acrylate (n-BA) were blended and irradiated at various absorbed doses by gamma rays from Co-60 source at room temperature. The stabilizing effect was determined by measuring the pH and viscosity of NRL with n-BA with the storage time of five weeks. The cross-link density, swelling ratio of the radiation vulcanized rubber film were measured. The cross-link density of the n-BA grafted NRL film was found increasing and the swelling ratio of that film decreasing with the increased absorbed dose. The optimum radiation dose for better cross-linking of natural rubber latex blended with five parts per hundred rubber (phr) n-BA was found 15 kGy absorbed dose. Based on the cross-linking properties a probable cross-linking reaction mechanism for the n-BA grafted natural rubber latex film was developed.

Keywords: Natural rubber latex, n-butyl acrylate, Irradiation, Swelling ratio, Cross-link, Reaction mechanism.

DOI: 10.3329/diujst.v5i1.4386

Daffodil International University Journal of Science and Technology Vol.5(1) 2010 pp.81-88

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Hossain, K., & Chowdhury, A. S. (2010). Grafting of n-butyl acrylate with natural rubber latex film by gamma radiation: a reaction mechanism. Daffodil International University Journal of Science and Technology, 5(1), 81–88. https://doi.org/10.3329/diujst.v5i1.4386

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