Grafting of glycidyl methylacrylate onto chlorinated polypropylene and its bonding to aluminum flake

Glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) was grafted onto chlorinated polypropylene (CPP) in the molten state using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) in the presence of styrene (St) as a comonomer. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) results indicated that the thermodynamic curve of unpurified grafted CPP was different from the purified, and showed a new broad endothermic peak at 100°C, which may be attributed to the glass transition temperature (Tg) of remained copolymer of GMA and St. Furthermore, transmission electron microscope (TEM) showed that there were two‐phase structures in the grafted CPP. Because the grafted CPP was to be used as a hot melt adhesive, so the influence of initiator concentration, monomer concentration, and reaction temperature on peel strength was investigated. The experiment results showed that a higher degree of grafting was obtained by using two kinds of monomers, such as GMA and St. Increasing the monomer concentration led to an initial rapid increase in the peel strength. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 104: 2515–2521, 2007