Claims
- 1. A process for grafting monomeric compounds selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms and anhydrides thereof onto a saturated homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene having a density less than 0.930 g/cm.sup.3 in a conventional extruder under from 1 to 500 bar in the absence of a free radical catalyst or any other graft-initiating additive, wherein the monomer to be grafted is mixed, in a concentration of from 0.01 to 0.20% by weight, based on the ethylene polymer, with the ethylene polymer which has been melted at 140.degree. C. or higher, and wherein the grafting reaction is carried out at a temperature of from 210.degree. to 300.degree. C. and the monomer is essentially completely converted to grafted polymer product.
- 2. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the graft monomer is admixed in the liquid state.
- 3. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the concentration of the graft monomer is from 0.05 to 0.25% by weight.
- 4. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the graft monomer is maleic anhydride.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 384,906, filed on Jul. 25, 1989, now abandoned which is a continuation of Ser. No. 117,295 filed on Nov. 6, 1987 now abandoned.
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