Determination methods of the grafting yield in glycidyl methacrylate-grafted ethylene/propylene/diene rubber (EPDM-g-GMA):: Correlation between FTIR and 1H-NMR analysis
A normalized and universally applicable calibration function for the Fourier-transformed infrared (FTIR) quantification of the glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) grafting yield in polymers of known compositions having ethylene block sequences was established. The H-1 nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1-NMR) spectroscopy results achieved on different GMA-grafted ethylene/propylene/diene rubber (EPDM-g-GMA) and ethylene/GMA copolymers were correlated to their FTIR data to calibrate the relative determination of the FTIR method. Both direct and indirect standardization approaches were followed and evaluated. The calibration deduced was used to investigate the free radical grafting reaction of GMA on EPDM rubber in the melt phase. (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.