Synthesis of high-molecular weight poly(vinyl alcohol) by low-temperature emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate and saponification

High-molecular weight (HMW) poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) was prepared via an emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate (VAc) using a redox initiation system in low temperatures, and the subsequent saponification with potassium hydroxide in methanol. The effect of the polymerization conditions on the conversion, molecular weight, and branching degree was investigated. PVA with maximum viscosity-average degree of polymerization (DP) of 8270 could be prepared by saponification of poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc), with DP of 10,660 obtained at temperature of 10°C, monomer concentration of 30%, potassium persulfate molar ratio to monomer of 1/2000, agitation speed of 160 rpm. The conversion was above 90%. From the emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization of VAc in low temperature, PVAc with HMW and high linearity was effectively prepared, which might be useful for the preparation of high-strength and high-modulus PVA fiber. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012     

Effect of initiators and ethoxylation degree of non‐ionic emulsifiers on vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate emulsion copolymerization in the loop reactor

Vinyl acetate and butyl acrylate copolymers were synthesized in the presence of ammonium persulfate and potassium persulfate initiators, mixture of non‐ionic and anionic emulsifiers, and polyvinyl alcohol as protective colloid in a loop reactor. The monomer ratio was chosen 85:15. The series of non‐ionic emulsifiers, which have 10–40 moles ethoxylated nonyl phenol, were combined with Nansa 66 (sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate). The effects of the initiators on the physicochemical properties of copolymers were investigated by measuring conversion, viscosity, molecular weight, molecular weight distribution, and surface tension, respectively by using gravimetric method, Brookfield viscometer, gel permeation chromatograpy (GPC), and ring method. The effects of ethoxylation degrees of the non‐ionic emulsifiers to the same properties of copolymers were also investigated. It was determined that the copolymer viscosities showed different tendency for two initiators. They were increased by the increasing ethoxylation degree of the non‐ionic emulsifier for ammonium persulfate. In contrast, latex viscosity was decreased by increasing the ethoxylation degree in presence of potassium persulfate. Similar changes were also found in number average molecular weights of copolymers. On the other hand, weight average molecular weights of copolymers increased by increasing the ethoxylation degree of the non‐ionic emulsifier for both initiators. In the case of potassium persulfate, the surface tension values of copolymers increased by increasing the ethoxylation degree, but generally increasing the ethoxylation degree did not affect the surface tension of copolymer very seriously for two initiators. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 90: 537–543, 2003     

Controlled synthesis of poly(vinyl acetate) by traditional radical emulsion polymerization

A new redox initiation system, potassium persulfate/N,N‐dimethylethanolamine, was used to initiate traditional radical emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate at low temperature. Polymers were characterized using gel permeation chromatography, scanning electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. The results showed that poly(vinyl acetate) with high molar mass and small dispersity (?) was successfully synthesized. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry     

醋丙乳液的研制

介绍了丙烯酸酯改性聚醋酸乙烯酯乳液的合成方法,利用种子乳液聚合合成了一种高性能醋酸乙烯-丙烯酸丁酯共聚乳液,确定了最佳的聚合配方和聚合工艺,经实验测试,乳液性能良好,尤其是乳液的耐水性和耐寒性得到改善。     

Aspects of coagulation during emulsion polymerization of styrene and vinyl acetate

The influence of recipe and process conditions on the coagulation behavior of polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) latices has been studied. Seeded batch experiments reveal a significant influence of electrolyte concentration on the coagulation behavior of both PS and PVAc latices. Within the experimental error, no dependency of the coagulation behavior on process conditions, in terms of energy dissipation, reactor scale, impeller type, and impeller diameter, has been observed for the reactor scales investigated. These results indicate that intrinsic chemical influences such as electrolyte concentration dominate the coagulation behavior during emulsion polymerization and also in the absence of polymerization over the process conditions. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 69: 2409–2421, 1998     

乙酸乙烯酯无乳化剂乳液聚合的影响因素探讨

采用乙酸乙烯酯(VAc)在水中以过硫酸钾(KPS)和亚硫酸氢钠氧化还原体系作为引发剂进行无乳化剂乳液聚合,探讨了引发剂浓度、聚合温度、单体浓度和搅拌速度对聚合速率及转化率的影响。结果表明:当VAc质量分数为30%,KPS:VAc摩尔比为1:2 000,聚合温度10℃,反应时间10 h,搅拌速度80 r/min,时聚合产物聚乙酸乙烯的聚合度达到10 848;当VAc质量分数为35%时,聚合转化率可达到96%,聚合速率与引发剂浓度的0.944次方成正比;当搅拌速度达到200 r/min以上时,搅拌速度对聚合速率以及转化率影的响可以忽略。     

非腈复合引发剂用于乙酸乙烯溶液聚合

以生物乙烯法生产的乙酸乙烯为单体、过氧化月桂酰-十二烷基二甲基叔胺为非腈复合引发剂、甲醇为溶剂进行溶液聚合反应的研究。实验考察了反应温度、反应时间、甲醇用量、引发剂用量对反应产物聚合率和聚合度的影响,采用正交试验优化了乙酸乙烯溶液聚合的反应条件,确定反应因素对聚合率和聚合度影响的相对大小。结果表明,最优的乙酸乙烯溶液聚合条件为:反应温度65℃,反应时间3h,甲醇用量10%,引发剂用量0.010%,获得聚乙烯醇产品的聚合度为3776,聚合率为45.29%。直观分析确定影响聚合率的因素主次顺序为引发剂用量> 反应时间> 甲醇用量> 反应温度;影响聚合度的因素主次顺序为甲醇用量 >引发剂用量 >反应温度 >反应时间。     

Graft polymerization of vinyl acetate onto silica

The free‐radical graft polymerization of vinyl acetate onto nonporous silica particles was studied experimentally. The grafting procedure consisted of surface activation with vinyltrimethoxysilane, followed by free‐radical graft polymerization of vinyl acetate in ethyl acetate with 2,2′‐azobis(2,4‐dimethylpentanenitrile) initiator. Initial monomer concentration was varied from 10 to 40% by volume and the reaction was spanned from 50 to 70°C. The resulting grafted polymer, which was stable over a wide range of pH levels, consisted of polymer chains that are terminally and covalently bonded to the silica substrate. The experimental polymerization rate order, with respect to monomer concentration, ranged from 1.61 to 2.00, consistent with the kinetic order for the high polymerization regime. The corresponding rate order for polymer grafting varied from 1.24 to 1.43. The polymer graft yield increased with both initial monomer concentration and reaction temperature, and the polymer‐grafted surface became more hydrophobic with increasing polymer graft yield. The present study suggests that a denser grafted polymer phase of shorter chains was created upon increasing temperature. On the other hand, both polymer chain length and polymer graft density increased with initial monomer concentration. Atomic force microscopy–determined topology of the polymer‐grafted surface revealed a distribution of surface clusters and surface elevations consistent with the expected broad molecular‐weight distribution for free‐radical polymerization. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 87: 300–310, 2003     

An experimental investigation of poly(vinyl chloride) emulsion polymerization: Effect of initiator and emulsifier concentrations on polymerization kinetics and product particle size

Effects of concentration changes in initiator species Na₂SO₃, (NH₄)₂S₂O₈ and CuSO₄, and emulsifier, ammonium stearate, on poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) emulsion polymerization kinetics and on product particle size were experimentally investigated. It was observed that to obtain industrially significant rates and overall conversions, not only an optimum concentration ratio of Na₂SO₃/(NH₄)₂S₂O₈/CuSO ₄ must be used, but also the concentrations of these species must be above certain limits. Increasing the concentration of the emulsifier used did not influence the rate of polymerization, but led to increases in limiting conversions. Product particle size analyses indicate that average particle size is independent of initiator concentration and rate of initiation. An increase in the emulsifier concentration on the other hand appears to lead to an increase in number of particles in the system and thus promotes smaller particle sizes.     

Emulsification in batch‐emulsion polymerization of styrene and vinyl acetate: A reaction calorimetric study

Dispersion of liquid–liquid systems is commonly applied in industrial processes such as extraction, suspension, and emulsion polymerization. This article describes the influence of the quality of emulsification on the course and outcome of a batch‐emulsion polymerization of styrene and vinyl acetate. From visualization experiments and polymerizations in combination with reaction calorimetric studies, a critical impeller speed, N*, can accurately be determined for a particular reactor setup and a given recipe. The results show that styrene–water emulsions are more difficult to emulsify than vinyl acetate–water emulsions. In general, a large turbine impeller appears to be more effective in emulsifying monomer–water dispersions than a pitched‐blade impeller. In addition, for vinyl acetate emulsion polymerization, the possibility of premixing the reaction mixture has been investigated. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 79: 944–957, 2001     

以PAM,CMC和EC代替PVA作醋酸乙烯酯乳液聚合保护胶体的研究

本文尝试用聚丙烯酰胺、羧甲基纤维素及乙基纤维素代替聚乙烯醇作醋酸乙烯乳液聚合的保护胶体。实验结果显示,聚丙烯酰胺、乙基纤维素可以作为醋酸乙烯乳液聚合的保护胶体。本文对所得乳液的物化性质尚未进行详细研究。     

Characterization of grafting in the emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate using poly(vinyl alcohol) as stabilizer

Emulsion polymerizations of vinyl acetate (VAc) with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) as emulsifier were carried out by both batch and semicontinuous processes. The extent of grafting of vinyl acetate onto the PVA chains was investigated by a new method for separating the various polymer fractions in high solids content latexes. The quantification was carried out by a three‐step separation and selective solubilization of the PVAc latexes. After the separation, the water‐soluble PVA and the solvent‐soluble PVAc components were characterized by gel permeation chromatography and ¹³C–NMR, from which the accuracy of this method was verified. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 82: 1739–1747, 2001     

Preparation of polystyrene/poly(vinyl acetate) nanocomposites with a core–shell structure via emulsifier‐free emulsion polymerization

Polystyrene/poly(vinyl acetate) latex nanoparticles with a core–shell morphology in an emulsifier‐free emulsion polymerization system were prepared with purified styrene and vinyl acetate (VAc) as monomers and 2,2′‐azo bis(2‐amino propane) dihydrochloride (ABA,2HCl) as the initiator and emulsifier. The optimized conditions of polymerization of VAc, on top of the already‐formed polystyrene as a core polymer, with a core–shell morphology were obtained using various parameters such as volume ratio of the first and second stages, type of process, and reaction time. The morphologic structure of the nanoparticles was studied by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The latex nanoparticles and polymers were characterized by differential scanning calorimetry. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 2409–2414, 2006     

Emulsion copolymerization of vinyl acetate and 2‐ethyl hexyl acrylate using nonionic emulsifiers in loop reactor

Batch emulsion copolymerization of vinyl acetate and 2‐ethyl hexyl acrylate (VAc/2EHA = 90 : 10) was initiated by the thermal initiators ammonium persulfate and potassium persulfate at 70°C in the presence of nonylphenol ethoxylates with varying chain lengths and poly(vinyl alcohol). VAc–2EHA copolymer latexes were synthesized as two different series in a loop reactor. The first series was initiated by ammonium persulfate, and the second series was initiated by potassium persulfate. The influence of the counterions or initiators and chain lengths of a nonionic emulsifier on the properties of VAc–2EHA copolymer latexes were determined by measuring the viscosities, weight‐average molecular weights, number‐average molecular weights, molecular weight distribution, and surface tension of latexes to air. The results for the copolymer latexes indicated that some of their physicochemical properties increased with increasing chain length of the nonionic emulsifier, but some of them followed a different trend for the two initiators. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 98: 1380–1384, 2005     

醋酸乙烯酯乳液与聚乙烯醇接枝反应的研究

研究了以聚乙烯醇为保护胶体的醋酸乙烯乳液聚合中,作为保护胶体的聚乙烯醇与醋酸乙烯的接枝反应。发现聚乙烯醇的接枝主要发生在初期,而醋酸乙烯的接枝链一直增长到胶粒沉析;另外,保护胶体黏度对接枝率也有影响,黏度越大醋酸乙烯的接枝率越低。     

Continuous emulsion polymerization of vinyl acetate. I. Operation in a single continuous stirred tank reactor using sodium lauryl sulfate as emulsifier

Continuous emulsion polymerizations of vinyl acetate were carried out at 50 °C in a single continuous stirred‐tank reactor using sodium lauryl sulfate as emulsifier and potassium persulfate as initiator. It was found that (1) the so‐called limit cycles could take place in monomer conversion, the number of polymer particles and the molecular weight of polymers produced under certain operating conditions, (2) the time‐average steady‐state monomer conversion was proportional to the 0.31 power of the emulsifier concentration in the feed, to the 0.50 power of the initiator concentration, to the ?1.0 power of the monomer concentration, and to the 0.90 power of the mean residence time, and (3) the time‐average steady‐state number of polymer particles produced was proportional to the 2.1 power of the emulsifier concentration in the feed, to the ?0.80 power of the initiator concentration, to the 0 power of the monomer concentration, and to the ?0.92 power of mean residence time. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 86: 2748–2754, 2002     

乳液聚合法合成高相对分子质量聚醋酸乙烯酯的研究

采用过硫酸铵/亚硫酸氢钠氧化还原体系低温引发醋酸乙烯酯乳液聚合,合成出分子量为1.07×106、分子量分布为2.75的聚醋酸乙烯酯。讨论了聚合温度、单体用量、十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)用量、过硫酸铵用量、亚硫酸氢钠用量等因素对聚醋酸乙烯酯黏均分子量的影响,并用GPC法对其进行表征。     

无皂改性醋酸乙烯酯乳液的研究

研究了无皂改性醋酸乙烯酯乳液的合成工艺及条件,并采用小角激光散射仪,测得了粒子的粒径大小及分布;探讨了单体浓度、引发剂浓度、缓冲剂浓度等对粒径的大小、分布的影响及规律;用扫描电子显微镜,对粒子的形态进行了观测。用红外光谱仪,对聚合物的结构进行了表征。     

Preparation of emulsifier‐free polystyrene by conventional emulsion polymerization with a hydrolysable emulsifier

An alkali‐hydrolyzable surfactant, (1‐tetradecyloxycarbonyl)trimethylammonium chloride, was used as an emulsifier for emulsion polymerization of styrene inwater. The polymerization yielded a high molecular‐weight polymer almost quantitatively. Addition of a small amount of NaOH to the resulting latex solution precipitated the polymer immediately. Analysis of the centrifuged solid indicated almost perfection of both recovery of the polymer and removal of surface‐active species from it. Minimization of ionic species in the polymer solid was confirmed by a high contact angle of the polymer film with water. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2008     

马来酸酐改性聚醋酸乙烯酯乳液的研究

以马来酸酐(MA)作为醋酸乙烯酯(VAc)的改性共聚单体,采用半连续种子乳液聚合法合成了改性聚醋酸乙烯酯(PVAc)乳液,并考察了MA含量对VAc/MA共聚乳液性能的影响。结果表明:当w(MA)=0.3%～0.4%(相对于VAc质量而言)时,改性乳液的聚合稳定性、储存稳定性和稀释稳定性良好;随着MA含量的不断增加,种子反应阶段回流时间延长,共聚速率变慢,最终合成的改性乳液黏度逐渐增大;当w(MA)=0.4%时,改性乳液的综合性能相对最好,其粘接强度(9.70 MPa)比VAc均聚乳液增加了70%。