ELECTRON BEAM PRE-RADIATION-INDUCED GRAFT POLYMERIZATION WITH UHMWPE FIBERS

In order to improve the surface adhesion of high strength and high modulus poluethylene （PE）fibers with epoxy resin,graft polymerization of some monomers by electron beam（EB）pre-radia-tion was performed on the surtacc of PE fibers.In the paper,the Van de Graft accelerator waschosen as a radiation resource.And we found from our studies that no sensitizer was needed in EBpre-radiation polymerization under the atmosphere of N2,and acrylic acid was most effective inthe polymerization of methyl methacrylate,acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.The degree of graftincreased with the enhancing of pre-radiation dose,reaction temperature and reaction time.Acetone and benzene were effective solvents for acrylic acid.Oligomer which exists during thepolymerization could be removed by washing with benzene.Grafted fiber was analyzed by SEMand ATR-IR and it was confirmed that some polar groups were introduced to the surface of PE fi-ber.The tensile strength of PE fibers did not decrease greatly when pre-radiation dose was lessthan 1.56×104 Gy.