디클로로아세트산의 처리 여부에 따른 무수말레산-그래프트 EPDM (MAH -g-EPDM) 원재료(시험편-R)와 압축 시험편(시험편-C)의 팽윤 거동을 조사하였다. 시험편의 구조적 특징은 핵자기공명분광법(NMR)과 감쇠전반사-후리에변환 적외선분광법(ATR-FTIR)으로 분석하였다. 디클로로아세트산으로 처리하지 않았을 때, 시험편-R 의 팽윤비가 시험편-C의 팽윤비보다 2배 정도 컸으며 팽윤과 건조 과정을 반복하여도 팽윤비의 변화는 거의 없었다. 디클로로아세트산으로 처리하였을 때는 1차 팽윤비는 증가하였으나 건조 후 2차 팽윤비는 감소하였다. 시험편-C의 경우, 디클로로아세트산으로 처리하지 않았을 때의 팽윤비와 디클로로아세트산으로 처리한 시험편의 2차 팽윤비는 거의 유사하였다. 하지만, 시험편-R의 경우, 디클로로아세트산으로 처리한 시험편의 2차 팽윤비는 디클로로아세트산으로 처리하지 않았을 때의 팽윤비보다 크게 작았다. 디클로로아세트산으로 처리하였을 때 나타난 팽윤비 변화는 기존 가교점의 분해와 새로운 가교점의 형성으로 설명하였다.

Swelling behaviors of raw (Specimen-R) and compressed (Specimen-C) samples of maleic anhydride-grafted EPDM (MAH-g-EPDM) depending on the treatment with dichloroacetic acid were investigated. Structural characteristics of the samples were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). When the samples were not treated with dichloroacetic acid, the swelling ratio of Specimen-R was greater than that of Specimen-C by about twice and the swelling ratio change was negligible though the process of swelling and drying was repeated. When the samples were treated with dichloroacetic acid, the first swelling ratios were increased but the second ones were decreased. For the Specimen-C, the swelling ratio of the sample without the dichloroacetic acid treatment and the second swelling ratio of the sample treated with dichloroacetic acid were nearly the same. However, for the Specimen-R, the second swelling ratio of the sample treated with dichloroacetic acid was strikingly lower than that of the sample without the dichloroacetic acid treatment. The swelling ratio change according to the dichloroacetic acid treatment was explained by dissociation of the existing crosslinks and formation of new crosslinks.