MINIEMULSION COPOLYMERIZATION USING WATER-INSOLUBLE COMONOMERS AS COSURFACTANTS

Authors
REIMERS J SCHORK FJ
Citation
J. Reimers et Fj. Schork, MINIEMULSION COPOLYMERIZATION USING WATER-INSOLUBLE COMONOMERS AS COSURFACTANTS, Polymer reaction engineering, 4(2-3), 1996, pp. 135-152
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
Polymer reaction engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
10543414
Volume
4
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
135 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-3414(1996)4:2-3<135:MCUWCA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Water-insoluble comonomers were found to impart diffusional stability to the miniemulsion droplets. These droplets became the principal site of nucleation and copolymerization. The resulting copolymer compositi on tended to follow what was predicted by the copolymer equation, and was governed by the reactivity ratios. In contrast copolymer compositi ons obtained from macroemulsion copolymerizations tended to be more in fluenced by the relative water-solubility of the comonomer and mass tr ansfer.