| Abstract: | Grafting of maleic anhydride (MA) onto fast-cure ethylene–propylene diene terpolymer rubber was studied. The effect of the amount of the MA, initiator (dicumyl peroxide), and electron donor (stearamide) on graft content are described. The potentiometric method and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are used to obtained the graft content. The stearamide suppresses the side reactions, such as crosslinking and chain scission. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 70: 1–5, 1998 |
