무수말레산-그래프트 EPDM (MAH-g-EPDM)/산화아연 복합체를 디클로로아세트산(DCA)/톨루엔 공용매로 처리하고 추출 온도에 따른 무게 감소와 가교밀도 측정을 이용하여 가교 특성을 조사하였다. 감쇠전반-후리에변환 적외선분광법(ATR-FTIR)을 이용하여 화학적 변화를 분석하였다. 상온 추출보다 고온($90^{circ}C$) 추출에 의한 무게 감소가 월등히 높았으며, DCA/톨루엔 공용매 추출에 의한 무게 감소는 톨루엔 추출에 의한 무게 감소보다 5배 이상 높았다. 용매 추출 후 가교밀도를 측정하였으며, 1차 가교밀도보다 2차 가교밀도가 높았다. 1차 가교밀도는 추출온도가 높은 경우 더 낮았고 DCA/톨루엔 공용매로 추출한 것이 톨루엔으로 추출한 것보다 훨씬 낮았다. 2차 가교밀도는 DCA/톨루엔 공용매로 추출한 것이 톨루엔으로 추출한 것보다 높았다. 고온에서 DCA/톨루엔 공용매로 추출하면 강한 가교 그물망만 남는 반면, 상온에서 톨루엔으로 추출하면 미가교 고분자 사슬이 추출되는 등 추출 용매와 온도에 따라 추출되는 성분이 달랐다. 따라서 추출 용매와 온도에 따른 추출 성분의 비교와 연속 가교밀도 측정에 의해 MAH-g-EPDM/산화아연 복합체의 가교 특성을 분석할 수 있다.
Crosslink characteristics of maleic anhydride-grafted EPDM (MAH-g-EPDM)/zinc oxide composite were investigated by weight losses after dichloroacetic acid (DCA)/toluene cosolvent extraction at different temperatures and by measurement of crosslink densities. The chemical changes were analyzed using attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). The weight losses by extraction at high temperature ($90^{circ}C$) were remarkably greater than those at room temperature and those by DCA/toluene cosolvent extraction were greater than those by toluene one by more than 5 times. The crosslink densities were measured after the solvent extraction, and the second crosslink densities were higher than the first ones. The first crosslink density was lower when the extraction temperature was high, and it was much lower for the toluene extraction than for the DCA/toluene cosolvent extraction. The second crosslink density of the sample extracted with DCA/toluene cosolvent was greater than that extracted with toluene. The extracted components were depending on the extraction solvents and temperatures, for example; only strong crosslinked networks were remained when extracting with DCA/toluene cosolvent at high temperature, while only uncrosslinked polymer chains were extracted when extracting with toluene at room temperature. Therefore, crosslink characteristics of the MAH-g-EPDM/zinc oxide composite can be analyzed by comparison of the extracted components according to the extraction solvents and temperatures and by measurement of successive crosslink densities.
