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Kinetics of graft copolymerization of poly(hexanedioic acid ethylene glycol) and methyl acrylate initiated by potassium diperiodatocuprate(III)
Author(s) -
Bai Libin,
Liu Yinghai
Publication year - 2006
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.25331
Subject(s) - copolymer , ethylene glycol , polymerization , polymer chemistry , methyl acrylate , kinetics , thermogravimetry , activation energy , materials science , ethylene , chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , polymer , physics , quantum mechanics
A redox system, potassium diperiodatocuprate(III) [DPC]/poly(hexanedioic acid ethylene glycol) (PEA) system, was employed to initiate graft copolymers of methyl acrylate (MA) and PEA in alkaline medium. The results indicate that the equation of the polymerization rate ( R p ) is as follows: R p = k [MA] 1.62 [Cu(III)] 0.69 , and that the overall activation energy of graft polymerization is 42.5 kJ/mol. The total conversion at different conditions (concentration of reactants, temperature, concentration of the DPC, and reaction time) was also investigated. The infrared spectra proved that the graft copolymers were synthesized successfully. Some basic properties of the graft copolymer were studied by instrumental analyses, including thermogravimetry and scanning electron microscope. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 2376–2381, 2007