Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (7): 1166.

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Microemulsion Seeded Polymerization of Styrene

XU Xiang-Ling1, ZHANG Zhi-Cheng1, WU Xin1, GE Xue-Wu1, ZUO Ju2, NIU Ai-Zhen2   

  1. 1. Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026;
    2. Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Functional Polymeric Materials for Adsorption and Separation, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071
  • Received:1997-05-20 Online:1998-07-24 Published:1998-07-24

Abstract: Microemulsion seeded polymerizations of styrene were studied with γ ray or potassium persulfate. After examining the size of polymer particles and its distribution before and after polymerization, it was found that there were no new particles formed during polymerization, despite that there were micelles in aqueous phase. These micelles acted as monomer reservoir during polymerization, instead of nucleating loci. Due to the lower monomer content and the much more polymer particles in microemulsion seeded polymerization, its polymerization behavior was much different from the emulsion seeded polymerization.

Key words: Microemulsion polymerization, Seeded polymerization, Styrene

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