Radioisotopes 1984-08-01

[Graft polymerization onto poly(methylvinylsiloxane)-bonded silica gel by gamma-ray irradiation].

H Yamakita, K Hayakawa

Index: Radioisotopes 33(8) , 513-8, (1984)

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Abstract

Poly(methylvinylsiloxane)-bonded silica gel was synthesized by condensation reaction between silica gel and the hydrolysis product of methylvinyldichlorosilane. Graft polymerization of styrene or indene onto poly(methylvinylsiloxane)-bonded silica gel was carried out by gamma-ray irradiation and compared with that onto silica gel. Homopolymer was found to be formed through a radical mechanism concurrently with an ionic mechanism in the graft polymerization. Probably genuine graft polymers are formed in the graft polymerization onto poly(methylvinylsiloxane)-bonded silica gel, while the product formed in the graft polymerization onto silica gel may be apparent graft polymers.