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Polymeric reaction of acrylic polymer–monomer system irradiated by low‐energy electron beam. II. Effect of ester structure of acrylic polymer
Author(s) -
Takiguchi Ryohei,
Uryu Toshiyuki
Publication year - 1985
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/app.1985.070301002
Subject(s) - polymer chemistry , gel permeation chromatography , polymerization , monomer , polymer , acrylate , materials science , reactivity (psychology) , acrylic acid , radical polymerization , molar mass distribution , chemistry , composite material , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Polymeric reactions of polyacrylate–benzyl acrylate (BzA) systems induced by a low‐energy electron beam were investigated by changing the species of polyacrylates added to the system. The gel fraction, the proportion of BzA units incorporated into gel by infrared (IR) analysis, and the molecular weight and its distribution curves by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) were examined to elucidate the reaction mechanism for the polymer–monomer system. The GPC curves were detected by both ultraviolet (UV) and refractive index (RI). As the UV‐detected GPC curves represent the benzyl groups of graft polymers and homo polymers, the polymerization reactions can be followed by GPC. Ester structures of acrylic polymers were varied in order to examine how much the ester group affects such individual reactions as crosslinking, graft polymerizations, and homopolymerizations. In the case of both polyisobutylacrylate–BzA and poly(isoamyl acrylate)–BzA systems, the crosslinking and graft reactions predominated, while in the case of poly( t ‐butyl acrylate)–BzA systems, homopolymerization was the main reaction. These results can be explained by the structure and reactivity of polymer radicals and viscosity of the system.