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Experimental investigation on high conversion free‐radical polymerization of behenyl acrylate
Author(s) -
Baruah Shashi D.,
Laskar Narayan C.,
Subrahmanyam Bulusu
Publication year - 1994
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.1994.070511002
Subject(s) - benzoyl peroxide , polymer chemistry , acrylate , polymerization , radical polymerization , monomer , viscometer , kinetics , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , composite material , viscosity , physics , quantum mechanics
An experimental investigation on the kinetics of free‐radical polymerization of behenyl (a mixture of 14.8% n ‐octadecyl, 15.1% n ‐docosyl) acrylate initiated with benzoyl peroxide was conducted at 70°C using a HAAKE rotational viscometer. Molecular weight measurements and differential scanning calorimetric studies of the samples are also described and the results are compared with those obtained by batch reactions conducted under a nitrogen atmosphere. A high monomer order of 1.61±0.11 and a low initiator order of 0.35±0.04 was obtained. The role played by the long methylene chain in behenyl acrylate is also discussed. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.