ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
photopolymerization of MMA
;
morpholine-chlorine C-T complex
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polymerization kinetics
;
kinetic nonideality
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was kinetically studied under photo condition using near UV visible light at 40°C and employing morpholine (MOR)-chlorine (Cl2) charge transfer (C-T) complex as the photoinitiator. The rate of polymerization (Rp) was dependent on morpholine/chlorine mole ratio; the 1 : 2 (MOR-Cl2) C-T complex acted as the latent initiator complex, C, which underwent further complexation with the monomer molecules to give the actual initiator complex, I. Using 1 : 2 (MOR-Cl2) C-T complex as the latent initiator, the initiator exponent evaluated for bulk photopolymerization of MMA was 0.071 and monomer exponent determined from studies of photopolymerization in benzene diluted system was 1.10. Benzoquinone behaved as a strong inhibitor and the polymers tested positive for the incorporation of chlorine atom end groups. Polymerization followed a radical mechanism. Kinetic nonideality as revealed by low (≪0.5) initiator exponent and a monomer exponent of greater than unity were explained in terms of primary radical termination effect. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 35: 1681-1687, 1997
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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