On the Mechanism of Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene.
On the Mechanism of Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene.
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苯乙烯乳液聚合机理的研究。
DOI:
10.1021/j150543a024
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发表时间:
1956
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B. Hoff
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作者:
B. Hoff
Some kinetic aspects of the emulsion polymerization of styrene were investigated to test the validity of the Smith-Ewart theory for latices containing more than 1014 particles per ml. water. Polymerizations were carried out with a variety of potassium fatty acids soaps and cumene hydroperoxide. The conversion-time curves consisted mainly oftwo essentially straight lines. At about 55% conversion there was a transition to a lower rate of polymerization. Swelling ratios of the latex particles, measured during polymerization, demonstrated that the disappearance of the monomer droplets coincided with the change in reaction rate. From rate data and electron micrograph analyses it was deduced that therate of polymerization per particle, Rp, and the particle concentration, N, in the range N= 5 X 1014 to 5 X 1015/ml., are related by Rp= cN~-u. The constant c depends on the concentration and the nature of the soap. Molecular weight data were also interpreted to indicate that the emulsifier plays a role in the polymerization process after the disappearance of micelles. These resultswhich cannot be explained by the Smith-Ewart theory were compared with data obtained in similar systems by other authors.