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Bulk Free‐Radical Co‐ and Terpolymerization of n ‐Butyl Acrylate/2‐Ethylhexyl Acrylate/Methyl Methacrylate
Author(s) -
Gabriel Vida A.,
Dubé Marc A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
macromolecular reaction engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1862-8338
pISSN - 1862-832X
DOI - 10.1002/mren.201800057
Subject(s) - reactivity (psychology) , copolymer , methyl methacrylate , acrylate , polymer chemistry , monomer , methyl acrylate , butyl acrylate , methacrylate , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
n ‐Butyl acrylate (BA), 2‐ethylhexyl acrylate (EHA), and methyl methacrylate (MMA) are commonly used monomers in pressure‐sensitive adhesive formulations. The bulk free‐radical copolymerizations of BA/EHA, MMA/EHA, and BA/MMA are studied at 60 °C to demonstrate the use of copolymer reactivity ratios for the prediction of BA/MMA/EHA terpolymer composition. The reactivity ratios for BA/EHA and MMA/EHA copolymer systems are determined using low conversion experiments; BA/MMA reactivity ratios are already known from the literature. The reactivity ratio estimates for the BA/EHA system are r BA = 0.994 and r EHA = 1.621 and the estimates for MMA/EHA are r MMA = 1.496 and r EHA = 0.315. High conversion experiments are conducted to validate the reactivity ratios. The copolymer reactivity ratios are shown to predict terpolymer composition of high conversion BA/MMA/EHA experiments.