In-situ kinetic pursuit of emulsion crosslinking copolymerizations of monomethacrylate and dimethacrylate by means of ReactIR (R)

The usefulness of the ReactIR(R) reaction analysis system as a powerful too l to in-situ monitor the kinetics of the emulsion polymerization of viny mo nomers was verified by comparison with the conventional gravimetric method and by checking the rate dependencies on initiator and surfactant concentra tions in the emulsion polymerization of butyl methacrylate (BMA). The syste m was then applied to the kinetic monitoring of emulsion crosslinking copol ymerizations of monomethacrylate and dimethacrylate, including methyl metha crylate/ethylene dimethacrylate and BMA/1,6-hexanediol dimethacrylate syste ms of different hydrophilicities.