ISSN:
0022-3832
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
This report assembles and correlates published data relating to the effect of temperature of polymerization on the structural composition of butadiene polymers, that is, on the relative percentages of polymer double bonds, derived from butadiene, in the 1,2 (vinyl), trans-1,4, and cis-1,4 configurations. The data support, and are not in conflict with, the following conclusions: (1) The percentages of vinyl, trans, and cis double bonds in emulsion polymers of butadiene are determined primarily by the temperature of polymerization in the fundamental way that is characteristic of systems of simultaneous competing reactions. (2) Other environmental features, such as type of recipe, and including the presence of a comonomer, e.g. up to 29% of styrene, have comparatively little effect on the relative amounts of vinyl, trans, and cis double bonds. (3) Differences in the physical properties of emulsion polymers of butadiene prepared at the same temperature probably must be attributed to differences in structure other than differences in the relative proportions of vinyl, trans, and cis double bonds, such as the average molecular weight, the molecular weight distribution, and the presence of a comonomer. It is shown that a maximum in the percentage of vinyl double bonds, previously indicated by experiment but attributed to gelation, is inherent to this system of three simultaneous competing modes of polymerization.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1953.120110204
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