ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
tetrafluoroethylene
;
propylene
;
emulsion redox copolymerization
;
fluoroelastomers
;
polymerization mechanism
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Emulsion copolymerization of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and propylene (P) initiated by trilon-rongalite catalytic system containing tert-C4H9OH, initial monomer mixture, emulsifier (C7F15COONH4) concentration, and monomer mixture/water ratio on the polymerization rate (R) and molecular weight (M̄n) was investigated. Both R and M̄n increased considerably with TFE content in monomer mixture up to 75 mol %. Alternating rubber-like copolymers in a wide range of initial monomer mixture (from 55-85 mol %) were obtained. The reactivity ratio was found to be rTFE = 0.005 ± 0.04 and rp = 0.17 ± 0.07. Above the critical miscelle concentration, the effects of the initiating system Is and emulsifier Cs on R and M̄n were found to obey the following relations: \documentclass{article}\pagestyle{empty}\begin{document}$$ {R \propto [Is]^{0.54} \times [Cs]^{0.42} }\quad {{\rm and}}\quad {\bar M}_n \propto [Is]^{ - 0.1} \times [Cs]^{0.1} ,$$\end{document} according to which emulsion copolymerization proceeds by the I case of Smith-Ewart theory. Polymerization mechanism of the reaction studied was suggested. The copolymerization is mainly terminated by degradative chain transfer of the propagating radicals to propylene. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pola.1994.080321204
