Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (9): 1477.

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Studies on Microemulsion Copolymerization of N-Butyl Maleimide and Styrene

ZHAO You-Liang, LI Hua-Ming, LIU Peng-Sheng    

  1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
  • Received:1999-06-02 Online:2000-09-24 Published:2000-09-24

Abstract: The complexion properties of N-butyl maleimide(NBMI) and styrene(St) in CDCl3 were studied firstly. By using sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS) and pentanol(PTL) as emulsifier, the oil-in-water microemulsion containing NBMIand St was prepared. The microemulsion copolymerization was carried out in ampoules with potassium persulfate(KPS) as initiator. The effects of reaction temperature, molar fraction of monomer and initiator concentration on the copolymerization kinetics were studied in detail under the condition of keeping the emulsifier concentration at 0.21 mol/L SDSand 0.28 mol/L PTL. Monomer reactivity ratios of comonomer pairs were determined by a Lewis and Mayo method. Meanwhile, the effects of monomer feed on the Tg and intrinsic viscosity of poly(NBMI-co-St)s were also investigated. The experiment results showed that the Tg of alternating poly(NBMI-co-St) was 421.6 K, and the monomer reactivity ratios of NBMI(M1) and St(M2) were 0.05(r1) and 0.08(r2), respectively. Moreover, it was found that the resulting copolymer was of alternating structure when the molar fraction of NBMI(f1) varied from 0.4 to 0.7.

Key words: N-Butyl maleimide, Styrene, Microemulsion copolymerization, Kinetics of copolymerization, Monomer reactivity ratios

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