AbstractGraft copolymerization of vinyl monomers such as methacrylate, acrylamide, and acrylic acid on cellulose using the peroxyacetic acid–ferrous ion redox initiator system was studied. Filter paper was chosen as cellulosic material. The effect of the experimental conditions on grafting ratio, grafting efficiency, total conersion and number of branches, and other factors was studied by varying the concentration ratio of peroxyacetic acid to ferrous salt, reaction time, reaction temperature, the addition of disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA), pH, and so on. It was found that there is an optimum range of initiator concentration, that at a higher temperature the copolymerization proceeds more rapidly and more efficiently, and that the addition of EDTA enables the copolymerization to proceed at a higher p
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