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Refractive index of solutions containing poly(vinyl acetate) and poly(methyl methacrylate)
Author(s) -
Bahr D.,
Pinto J. C.
Publication year - 1991
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.1991.070421018
Subject(s) - vinyl acetate , methyl methacrylate , refractive index , polymer chemistry , methacrylate , materials science , polymerization , poly(methyl methacrylate) , polymer , composite material , copolymer , optoelectronics
Refractive index measurements can be used successfully for on‐line evaluation of extent of reaction in solution polymerization reactors. For this reason, the refractive index of solutions containing tert‐ butanol (TBOH), methyl methacrylate (MMA), vinyl acetate (VA), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), and poly(vinyl acetate) (PVA) were measured and a mathematical correlation was developed to fit the experimental data. The correlation can be extended to fit published data obtained with different solvents.