Abstract:Aiming to develop a high performance fiber-reinforced natural rubber (NR), a special technique using electron beam (EB) irradiation-induced graft-polymerization was applied to high-strength polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibers. Although PET is chemically robust, allyl methacrylate (AMA) could be graft-polymerized onto the PET fiber surface with this special technique. The composite of NR and grafted-PET fibers indicated a linear increase in the initial modulus with the fiber content. At the fiber content of… Show more
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