ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
bulk
;
copolymerization
;
reactivity ratios
;
methyl acrylate
;
vinyl esters
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Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The course of composition drift in copolymerization reactions is determined by reactivity ratios of the contributing monomers. Since polymer properties are directly correlated with the resulting chemical composition distribution, reactivity ratios are of paramount importance. Furthermore, obtaining correct reactivity ratios is a prerequisite for good model predictions. For vinyl acetate (VAc), vinyl 2,2-dimethyl-propanoate also known as vinyl pivalate (VPV), and vinyl 2-ethylhexanoate (V2EH), the reactivity ratios with methyl acrylate (MA) have been determined by means of low conversion bulk polymerization. The mol fraction of MA in the resulting copolymer was determined by 1H-NMR. Nonlinear optimization on the thus-obtained monomer feed-copolymer composition data resulted in the following sets of reactivity ratios: rMA = 6.9 ± 1.4 and rVAc = 0.013 ± 0.02; rMA = 5.5 ± 1.2 and rVPV = 0.017 ± 0.035; rMA = 6.9 ± 2.7 and rV2EH = 0.093 ± 0.23. As a result of the similar and overlapping reactivity data of the three methyl acrylate-vinyl ester monomer systems, for practical puposes these data can be described with one set of reactivity data. Nonlinear optimization of all monomer feed-copolymer composition data together resulted in rMA = 6.1 ± 0.6 and rVEst = 0.0087 ± 0.023. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1994.080321202
