Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1997, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (8): 1384.

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Kinetic Study of Seeded Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate

GUAN Rong1, Gilbert R. G.2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062;
    2. School of Chemistry, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia 2006
  • Received:1996-06-03 Online:1997-08-24 Published:1997-08-24

Abstract: Aseries of seeded emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate have been carried out using a dilatometer with a infrared monitor and a computer recording system in the initiator concentration range from 5.030×10-5mol/Lto 1.002×10-3mol/L. Due to the polymeriza-tion started from the interval II, the effect of the particle growth on the rate parameters has been avoided. Based on the experiment data of conversion vs time, we got the polymerization rate in quasi-steady state, and then calculated the entry rate coefficient ρ, exit rate coeffi-cient k and kpn. The results showed that the polymerization rate, ρ, k and kpn increased lin-early with increasing initiator concentration. Also, kpn is linear to the polymerization rate.

Key words: Vinyl acetate, Seeded emulsion polymerization, Kinetics, Initiator concentration

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