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Formation of monodisperse polyacrylamide particles by radiation‐induced dispersion polymerization. I. Synthesis and polymerization kinetics

2002; Wiley; Volume: 86; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/app.11170

ISSN

1097-4628

Autores

Qiang Ye, Wei‐Dong He, Xuewu Ge, Haiting Jia, Huarong Liu, Zhicheng Zhang,

Tópico(s)

Photopolymerization techniques and applications

Resumo

Abstract Highly monodisperse polyacrylamide (PAM) microparticles were directly prepared by radiation‐induced dispersion polymerization at room temperature in an aqueous alcohol media using poly( N ‐vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) as a steric stabilizer. Monomer conversion was studied dilatometrically and polymer molecular weight was determined viscometrically. The gel effect was found evidently from the polymerization kinetics curves. The influence of the dose rate, monomer concentration, stabilizer content, medium polarity, polymerization temperature on the polymerization rate, and the molecular weight of the polymer was examined. The polymerization rate ( Rp ) can be represented by Rp ∝ D 0.15 [ M ] 0.86 [ S ] 0.47 [A/W] 0.64 and the molecular weight of the polymer can be represented by M w ∝ D −0.19 [ M ] 1.71 [ S ] 0.43 [A/W] 0.14 at a definite experimental variation range. The overall activation energy for the rate of polymerization is 10.57 kJ/mol (20–35°C). Based on these experimental results, the polymerization mechanisms were discussed primarily. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 2567–2573, 2002

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