ISSN:
0025-116X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
In both thermal emulsion polymerization of styrene in the temperature range 60-80 °C, and peroxodisulfate-initiated polymerization at 60 °C, weight-average to number-average molecular-weight ratios (M̄w/M̄n) approach 1,5 when potassium octadecanoate is used as emulsifier. A low activation energy for thermal initiation (≈66,0 kJ/mol) was deduced which may indicate a catalytic effect of the emulsifier during the thermal initiation process. Participation of the emulsifier is probably attributed to a transfer of one of two monomer radicals, produced thermally, to the emulsifier, with subsequent desorption to the aqueous phase, leaving one radical in the polymerization locus.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/macp.1991.021920220
