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Semicontinuous Emulsion Copolymerization of Vinyl Acetate and Butyl Acrylate Using Different Initiators and Different Chain Length Emulsifiers
Author(s) -
Saraç Ayfer
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200451312
Subject(s) - copolymer , vinyl acetate , butyl acrylate , polymer chemistry , potassium persulfate , emulsion polymerization , emulsion , acrylate , molar mass distribution , ammonium persulfate , materials science , styrene , polymerization , chemistry , polymer , organic chemistry
The semicontinuous emulsion copolymerization of vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate (VAc/BuA) (85:15) initiated by thermal initiators ammonium persulfate (APS) and potassium persulfate (PPS) at 70°C in the presence of nonylphenol ethoxylates of varying chain lengths (NP‐n) and acrylamide partially polymerized (Amol) was investigated. VAc‐BuA copolymer latexes were synthesized as two different series in the glass reactor, in the first serie was initiated by APS and PPS was used as initiator in the second serie. The influence of the counterions or initiators and chain lenghts of non‐ionic emulsifier on the properties of VAc‐BuA copolymer latexes were determined by measuring Brookfield viscosities, weight average molecular weights ( M̄ w ), number average molecular weights ( M̄ w ), molecular weight distribution and surface tension of latexes to air. The results of copolymer latexes indicated that their physicochemical properties increased with the increasing chain length of nonionic emulsifier for two initiators.