Vf. Kurenkov et Ed. Tazieva, CONTROL OF MOLECULAR-WEIGHT OF POLYACRYLAMIDE IN ITS DEGRADATION IN AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS, Russian journal of applied chemistry, 67(7), 1994, pp. 1029-1033
Characteristics of degradation of commercial polyacrylamide in aqueous
solutions under the action of water-soluble destructive agents - radi
cal initiators - have been investigated viscometrically at 50 degrees
C. It has been found possible to control molecular weight of the polym
er by changing the nature and concentration of the destructive agent,
the concentration and molecular weight of the initial polymer, and the
temperature and time of degradation.