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Synthesis of poly{[(2‐oxo‐1,3‐dioxolan‐4‐yl)‐methyl vinyl ether]‐ co ‐acrylonitrile} and its miscibility with SAN
Author(s) -
Ha ChangSik,
Yoo Gohyup,
Park DaeWon,
Jo NamJu,
Lee JinKook,
Cho WonJei
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.880
Subject(s) - miscibility , acrylonitrile , copolymer , materials science , polymer chemistry , ether , styrene , polymer , polymer blend , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , chemistry , composite material , engineering
In this work, a novel copolymer of (2‐oxo‐1,3‐dioxolan‐4‐yl)methyl vinyl ether (OVE) and acrylonitrile (AN) [poly(OVE‐ co ‐AN)] was synthesized from the reaction of CO 2 with oxirane. The copolymer was also blended with poly(styrene‐ co ‐acrylonitrile) (SAN) in order to develop an integrated process for the catalytic conversion of CO 2 to useful polymer materials. It was found from the optical clarity, thermal analysis and light‐scattering studies that the poly(OVE‐ co ‐AN)/SAN blends were miscible over the entire range of blend compositions. Thermally induced phase separation behaviour of the miscible blends was also investigated using an atomic force microscopy (AFM). © 2002 Society of Chemical Industry