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Chelating polymer granules prepared by radiation‐induced homopolymerization. I—Kinetic study of radiation polymerization process
Author(s) -
Nizam ElDin H. M. M.,
Badawy S. M.,
Dessouki A. M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4628(20000815)77:7<1405::aid-app1>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - polymerization , polyacrylonitrile , polymer chemistry , precipitation polymerization , monomer , kinetic chain length , polymer , acrylonitrile , reaction rate constant , bulk polymerization , chemistry , radical polymerization , solution polymerization , materials science , kinetics , organic chemistry , copolymer , physics , quantum mechanics
Chelating polymer granules containing amidoxime chelating groups were synthesized by radiation‐induced homopolymerization of acrylonitrile monomer. The chemical reactive intermediate polyacrylonitrile was treated with hydroxylamine solution to convert the chemical active cyano groups into the amidoxime groups. Kinetic study of the effects of monomer concentration, radiation dose, dose rate, and temperature on the polymerization process was investigated. It was found that at low monomer concentration, the rate of polymerization is roughly independent on the initial monomer concentration, while at high monomer concentration, 35–65%, a marked acceleration on the rate was observed. The order of the dependence of the initial rate of polymerization on the dose rate is 0.77, which deviates from the classical square‐root law due to the precipitation of the formed polymer. The conversion percent and molecular weight of the produced polymer are inversely proportional to dose rate at constant radiation dose. The activation energy was found to be 2.7 kcal/mol, and the rate constant of initiation is independent of temperature. The effect of type of solvent on the polymerization was studied. DMF solvent of the closest solubility parameter to the solubility parameter of polyacrylonitrile is the best solvent for the polymerization process. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 77: 1405–1412, 2000

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