Kinetic approach to radiation‐induced grafting in the polyethylene–styrene system. III

The method of investigation reported in previous papers was applied to preirradiation methods of reaction in vapor and in liquid. The absorption dose was varied from 2 to 0.1 Mrad. The monomer concentrations during reactions were determined gravimetrically. The patterns of increase of the degree of grafting did not change as the dose was varied in the liquid but changed considerably with dose in the vapor. The monomer concentration during the reaction did not vary with dose in the liquid but did so in the vapor. A model calculation was applied and improved to make the monomer concentration agree with that in the experiment. An attempt was made to describe the mechanism involved. There were some differences between the calculated values and the experimentally obtained ones, but the outline of the reaction mechanism was explained satisfactorily.