RADIATION COPOLYMERIZATION OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING ACRYLATES AND METHACRYLATES

A calorimetric study of the copolymerization of acrylates with methacr ylates irradiated with gamma-rays was carried out. The addition of met hacrylates at a mole content of 5 - 10% sharply changes the kinetic pa rameters of the radical polymerization of acrylates. In hydrocarbon mo nomers, the gel effect is observed for all ratios of comonomers, where as it decreases in fluorine-containing monomers with an increase in th e methacrylate content in the mixture; in equimolar mixtures, the effe ct is absent. The addition of methacrylate at a mole content of 30% an d above suppresses the formation of crosslinked structures, and the co polymer formed is practically soluble.