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Kinetic study of emulsion copolymerization of ethyl methacrylate/lauryl methacrylate in propylene glycol, stabilized with poly(ethylene oxide)– block –polystyrene– block –poly(ethylene oxide) triblock copolymer
Author(s) -
You Xiaorong,
Dimonie Victoria L.,
Klein Andrew
Publication year - 2001
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.2009
Subject(s) - polymer chemistry , copolymer , monomer , emulsion polymerization , methacrylate , ethylene oxide , ethylene glycol , polymerization , materials science , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry
The kinetics of emulsion copolymerization of ethyl methacrylate (EMA)/lauryl methacrylate (LMA) in propylene glycol is very similar to the emulsion copolymerizations of water‐soluble monomers in water because of the high solubility of EMA/LMA in propylene glycol. The initial rate of polymerization depends only on initiator concentration and is not affected by either monomer concentration or stabilizer concentration. The overall rate of polymerization is only slightly dependent on monomer concentration and stabilizer concentration and is independent of initiator concentration. The final particle number density increases with increasing amount of stabilizer and decreases with increasing monomer concentration. The total surface area increases with stabilizer concentration and is not governed by either initiator concentration or monomer concentration. Homogeneous nucleation is the dominant mechanism of particle nucleation, as shown by the kinetic data on seeded polymerization and monomer partition behavior. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 82: 1691–1704, 2001