Kg. Kostarev et al., The effect of the free convection on the poly(acrylamide) gel structure formation and properties, POLYM SCI A, 42(11), 2000, pp. 1248-1254
Photoinitiated poly(acrylamide) gel (PAG) formation under the conditions of
free convective motions in the reaction mixture was studied. The regions o
f the frontal and volumetric reaction development in the mixture were deter
mined by method of the conversion field visualization. A joint comparative
analysis of the optical and mechanical properties of PAG samples showed tha
t the intensity of convective motions in the liquid monomer mixture signifi
cantly affects the PAG structure and properties.