Melt grafting of metal salts onto LLDPE backbone – An FTIR study

The melt graft functionalization of metal di(meth)acrylates onto linear low density poly(ethylene) (LLDPE) at 160 °C under inert atmosphere is reported here. The post melt grafting FTIR–RI method was used to find out the % grafting of metal salts onto LLDPE backbone. Further, DSC, TGA and HRTEM techniques were introduced to explain the results. A plausible reaction mechanism was proposed.