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Pop‐corn polymerization of 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate and the influence of a charged comonomer
Author(s) -
Starodubtzev Sergei G.,
Makhaeva E. E.,
Golubev V. B.,
Lachinov M. B.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.1994.021951016
Subject(s) - comonomer , polymer chemistry , copolymer , monomer , polymerization , polymer , radical polymerization , methacrylate , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry
The three‐dimensional copolymerization of 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate and ethylene dimethacrylate in the presence of water has been studied. An increasing concentration of ethylene dimethyacrylate results in the formation of a pop‐corn polymer. The flakes of the pop‐corn polymer initiate the polymerization of an added monomer which again results in a pop‐corn polymer. The addition of a small percentage of charged monomer into the copolymerization batch (potassium methyacrylate) prevents the formation of a pop‐corn polymer. An experimental investigation of the free‐radical polymerization kinetics was carried out.