Formation of 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazones in polyethylene film treated with chromic acid mixture

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Abstract
2,4‐Dinitrophenylhydrazones formed by the reaction of 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazine with carbonyl groups were formed in polyethylene film oxidized with chromic acid mixture. The changes in amount of the hydrazones formed in the films were inferred by comparing the absorptions in the ultraviolet spectra and compared with changes in wettability with water of the films. In the early stage of treatment with chromic acid mixture, the hydrazone amount increased and the contact angle of water decreased. After the early stage of the treatment, the hydrazone amount decreased slightly and increased again thereafter, and the contact angle of water seemed to increased slightly and decreased again thereafter. The hydrazone amount increased with increase in time of the reaction between 2,4‐dinitrophenylhydrazine and oxidized polyethylene film. For temperatures of treatment with chromic acid mixture above about 45°C, the hydrazone amount increased with rise in the treatment temperature and rate of the increase increased with rise in the treatment temperature, and the contact angle of water decreased with rise in the treatment temperature, and the rate of the decrease seemed to increased with rise in the treatment temperature.