The ultrasonic degradation of poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(vinyl acetate) in benzene solution
and grafting reaction of poly (vinyl acetate) with poly(ethylene oxide) were studied. It has been found that the chain-scission reactions follow the course suggested by Ovenall
D. W. The structure of the copolymer was identified by IB
NMB and DTA
to be a graft copolymer mainly. The copolymer
formed by irradiating 1% PEO-PVAc solution (PEO/PVAc = 1/1 by weight) for a period of 10 min. at 18.2 kHz with 2.0 A input current on reversed main circuit