STUDIES ON THE PROCESS AND PRODUCTS OF MULTIMETHACRYLATE POLYMERIZATION

Free-radical polymerisation of multimethacrylate-poly(2-methacryloylox yethyl methacrylate)-in dilute dioxan solutions was examined. The effe cts of the multimethacrylate molecular weight and the multimonomer con centration on the polymerisation rate and molecular weight distributio n and molecular weights of the polymerisation products were determined . The extent of conversion of double bonds in multimethacrylate was de termined by FTIR spectrometry, while the molecular weight distribution s were determined by gel permeation chromatography. The effect of the parameters under investigation on the template mechanism of the multim ethacrylate polymerisation is discussed.