Kinetic investigations of graft copolymerization of sodium styrene sulfonate onto electron beam irradiated poly(vinylidene fluoride) films

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-75

  Mahmoud Nasef, Mohamed ^a,b   Saidi, Hamdani ^a,b   Mohd Dahlan, Khairul Zaman ^c  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Proton exchange membranes; PVDF films; Radiation induced graft copolymerization; Sodium styrene sulfonate

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION; GRAFTING LEVELS; INITIAL RATE; KINETIC INVESTIGATIONS; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE); POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; PREPARATION PROCESS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PVDF FILMS; RADIATION-INDUCED GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION; REACTION ORDERS; SCANNING OPTICAL; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM STYRENE SULFONATE; SODIUM STYRENE SULFONATES; STORAGE TIME; SULFONIC ACID; X-RAY ENERGIES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; FILM PREPARATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GRAFTS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; POLYSTYRENES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SODIUM; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STYRENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

MONOMER; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; RADICAL; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; MEMBRANE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFONIC ACID PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957363068     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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