Microemulsion copolymerization of vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate using a mixture of anionic and non-ionic surfactants
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Monomer mixtures of vinyl acetate (VAc)/butyl acrylate (BuA) were polymerized in batch reactions at 60 °C with potassium persulfate as the initiator in microemulsions consisting of VAc:BuA (85:15 wt/wt)/water/sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/polyoxyethylene (23) dodecyl ether (3:1 wt/wt). The effect of the concentration of the monomer mixture on the kinetics was studied. It was found that, as the total monomers concentration ([M]0) increases, the polymerization rate increases also, and that the maximum polymerization rate is proportional to [M] 0 1.26 . Particle size increases with total monomers concentration. In all cases, final average particle diameter was less than 50 nm. Particle number density is independent of total monomers concentration. A mathematical model that takes into account the partition of monomers between the different phases during polymerization using a minimum of adjustable parameters was applied to simulate the experimental data. A correlation for the radical desorption coefficient, which is a function of the rate of monomer chain transfer and of the probability of desorption, was used in the model. Radical capture by micelles and particles was assumed to occur by diffusion. The model takes into account both micellar and homogeneous nucleation. Good agreement between the model and the experimental results was observed. © 2010 Springer-Verlag.
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Adjustable parameters; Batch reactions; Butyl acrylates; Chain transfer; Dodecyl ether; Dodecyl sulfate; Experimental data; Homogeneous nucleation; Microemulsion copolymerization; Monomer mixtures; Particle diameters; Particle number density; Polymerization rates; Polyoxyethylene; Potassium persulfate; Radical desorption; Vinyl acetates; Anionic surfactants; Concentration (process); Desorption; Ethers; Mathematical models; Microemulsions; Mixtures; Monomers; Polyethylene glycols; Polyethylene oxides; Polymerization; Polymers; Potassium; Volatile fatty acids; Polyvinyl acetates
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