Abstract:
The 60Coγ-ray co-irradiation graft polymerization was adopted to graft N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone (NVP) onto poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) powder in order to improve their hydrophilicity. The effects of various factors on the degree of grafting (rDG) were investigated in detail. The resulting pro-ducts were characterized by different means. Results showed that NVP can be grafted onto PVDF powder efficiently by the 60Coγ- ray co-irradiation graft polymerization. The rDG reached 18.6% when the graft polymerization was performed in the methanol at the NVP volume fraction of 15%, the irradiation dose of 40 kGy and the Mohr’s salt concentration of 3 mmol/L. The hydrophilicity of PVDF powder was improved significantly after grafting NVP on them.