Synthesis of acrylate modified vinyl chloride and vinyl isobutyl ether copolymers and their properties

With acrylic acid, butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate as the monomers, acrylate modified vinyl chloride and vinyl isobutyl ether copolymers were prepared by solution polymerization. Firstly, vinyl chloride and vinyl isobutyl ether copolymers were grafted with acrylic monomers to obtain a product containing acrylate grafted vinyl chloride and vinyl isobutyl ether copolymers and polyacrylate, which was then neutralized by triethylamine and dispersed into water to get a self-emulsified emulsion. The acrylate modified vinyl chloride and vinyl isobutyl ether copolymers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The mean molecular weight of grafted polymer was determined by gel permeation chromatography, and the particle sizes and their distributions of the dispersions were measured by laser light scattering. The influences of initiator concentration, acrylate content, acrylic acid content and neutralization degree upon the properties of the modified copolymers were discussed. The results show that the emulsion will be with good storage stability, and the modified polymer will be with high water resistance, impact resistance and excellent adhesion when initiator concentration is 1.5%, acrylate content is 50%, acrylic acid content ranges from 9% to 11%, and neutralization degree is between 80% and 100%.     

自乳化微乳液法两亲水溶性聚合物的制备及性能

通过自乳化微乳液聚合的方法,以丙烯酰胺(AM)、丙烯酸(AA)、苯乙烯为原料(St),制备出两亲水溶性聚合物,避免了传统的微乳液聚合中引入过多小分子乳化剂而导致后期处理过程复杂的问题,同时对自乳化微乳液聚合机理进行探讨。红外和核磁结果表明:丙烯酰胺与丙烯酸和苯乙烯发生了共聚反应。DSC结果表明:生成的共聚物为嵌段结构。表面张力和黏度测试结果表明:当单体配比为m(AM)∶m(AA)∶m(St)=87.5∶10.0∶2.5时,其表面张力和黏度可达26.113 mN/m和1260 mPa·s,并解释了不同含量疏水单体存在时,溶液中分子链的聚集状态。