Development, Characterization and Conductivity Studies of Chlorinated EPDM

摘要

Halogenation of EPDM has been carried out by passing chlorine gas by a simple and inexpensive chemical method. Chlorinated EPDM was characterized by FTIR and UV spectroscopy, SEM, TGA, DSC and AC conductivity measurements. FTIR and UV spectra revealed the attachment of chlorine to double bond of EPDM. SEM images showed the coarsen morphology arising from polar nature of the resulting polymer. TGA and DSC analysis indicated that the chlorination on EPDM affected the basic decomposition pattern and glass transition temperature of synthesized polymer. Conductivity of halogenated polymer was significantly increased with increase in chlorine content and also with increase in frequency.