Preparation of CeO2 microspheres by internal gelation process with copolymerization using acrylic acid

Cerium dioxide microspheres were successfully prepared by internal gelation process with copolymerization using acrylic acid. The effects of acrylic acid (AA)/hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) molar ratio and concentration of solution containing urea and HMTA on the stability of precursor solution and on the prepared microspheres were investigated. The results indicated that acrylic acid could modify the urea resin and slow down the decomposition of urea resin. The stability of precursor solutions was improved with the increase of AA/HMTA molar ratio, but the surfaces of gelled microspheres became rough and cracked when the ratio was greater than 1. The solution containing urea and HMTA had a significant effect on the stability of precursor solution and on the surface morphology, specific surface area, pore volume and average pore diameter of the microspheres. The porous CeO₂ microspheres were obtained by heat treatment at 600?°C for 2?h.     

Composition control through pH and ionic strength during acrylic acid/acrylamide copolymerization

The possibility of controlling the composition of acrylic acid/acrylamide copolymers by controlling the pH and the ionic strength of the reaction medium is investigated. The reactivity ratios of charged monomers depend on the pH of the medium, acrylic acid is the more reactive monomer below pH 3 and acrylamide above pH 4. The working pH was set at 3.6, a candidate for the crossover point, where no composition drift is expected. Copolymerization kinetics is investigated at this pH at various ionic strengths and a reaction without composition drift up to 80% conversion was achieved. All the chains produced in this reaction contain 30% ± 3% acrylic acid. Copolymer conversions, molecular weights, and composition distributions were measured through Automatic Continuous Online Monitoring of Polymerization (ACOMP) system. The copolymerization data were analyzed by a recent error in variables method (EVM) and reactivity ratios are calculated. The results show that in salt free conditions, the reactivity ratios depend on the ionic monomer concentration (ionic strength) in addition to the pH of the reaction medium. The effect of polyelectrolytic interactions on the reactivity ratios and the resulting composition drift during the reaction, sequence length distribution, and Stockmayer bivariate distribution are discussed in detail. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013     

Graft copolymerization of acrylic acid on cellulose: Reaction kinetics of copolymerization

Acrylic acid (AA) was grafted to cellulose by using ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) initiator in aqueous nitric acid solution at 30, 50, 70, and 90°C during reaction periods of 30 to 180 minutes. About 45% of the AA was polymerized at 90°C after 180 minutes. The grafted polymer and homopolymer were isolated by acetone from the reaction mixture, dried, and subjected to Soxhlet extraction with dioxane to separate the homopolymer, poly(acrylic acid), from the graft copolymer. The water absorption capacities and grafting values of grafted cellulose were also determined. The maximum grafting yield was obtained at 30°C. It was also observed that polyacrylic acid-grafted cellulose produced at 30°C had the highest water retention capacity. The time dependence of AA conversion allowed calculation of first-order reaction rate constants. These rate constants were then used to determine apparent activation energies. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 66: 929–934, 1997     

丙烯酰胺/丙烯酸/甲基丙烯酸甲酯双水相共聚过程的成滴机理

在含聚丙烯酸钠（PAANa）的硫酸铵（AS）水溶液中,进行丙烯酰胺（AM）/丙烯酸（AA）/甲基丙烯酸甲酯（MMA）双水相共聚合反应,制备阴离子型聚丙烯酰胺水溶性聚合物分散液。采用动态激光光散射（DLS）在线检测了双水相聚合初期液滴形成及生长规律,发现液滴在反应初期存在聚并现象,滴径分布先变宽后变窄。采用气相色谱检测了共聚过程中各单体的残余量,推算聚合物链结构组成：反应前期聚合物链以AM和MMA链节为主,反应中期聚合物链以AM链节为主,反应后期聚合物链以AA和AM链节为主。提出了AM/AA/MMA双水相共聚过程的成滴机理,其中聚合物链上AA链节所带有的负电荷是聚合产物稳定分散、不易于凝聚的重要因素。     

Comments on the kinetic mechanism of free radical bulk copolymerization of styrene-methyl methacrylate

The termination mechanism of free radical bulk copolymerization of styrene-methylmethacrylate is chemically controlled as is evident from the literature and the diffusion controlled mechanism postulated by Khan and Wadehra is most likely to be the result of some apparent discrepancies in their experimental data.     

氧化还原引发淀粉与丙烯酸接枝共聚研究

研究了马铃薯淀粉与丙烯酸的接枝共聚反应,以过硫酸钾-亚硫酸氢钠为氧化还原引发体系,考察了不同引发剂浓度、单体浓度、反应温度、反应时间等对单体转化率、接枝率和接枝效率的影响;用红外光谱对共聚物进行了表征。结果表明,采用氧化还原引发体系可使聚合反应低温快速进行,并确定反应较佳条件。     

Graft copolymerization of mixtures of acrylic acid and acrylamide onto polypropylene film

Liquid phase ultraviolet irradiation in the presence of benzophenone as a photosensitizer and barium hydroxide as a pH controller were used to graft the mixtures of acrylic acid and acrylamide to a polypropylene surface. The surface of the grafted polypropylene samples were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy‐attenuated total reflectance, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and a contact angle meter. The pH value of the reaction medium that produced the graft with equal molar ratio was found to be ∼ 3.77. The optimal reaction condition was found at a monomer feed of 25%, a reaction time of 30 min, and a benzophenone concentration of 1%. Surface tension of the samples increased to a value of 40 dyn cm⁻¹ due to the graft of the hydrophilic monomers. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 72: 251–256, 1999     

Effect of ionic strength on the reactivity ratios of acrylamide/acrylic acid (sodium acrylate) copolymerization

The ionic strength (IS) of polyelectrolyte solutions plays an important role in influencing reaction kinetics. The largely unstudied effect of IS on monomer reactivity ratios and copolymerization rates of acrylamide (AAm) and acrylic acid (AAc), in the form of sodium acrylate (NaAc), is investigated. Salt addition affects the nature of overall charges of the polyelectrolyte solution and diminishes the electrostatic repulsions between reacting chains. Therefore, changing the IS of the solution by incorporating salts affect not only the point estimates of the monomer reactivity ratios but also the overall behavior of the copolymerization (with a transition to azeotropic behavior). Experimental results on copolymerization rates confirm the observed trends in reactivity ratio behavior. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2014 , 131, 40949.     

小麦秸秆接枝丙烯酸制备高吸水性树脂

以N,N'-亚甲基双丙烯酰胺为交联剂,过硫酸钾一硫代硫酸钠为引发剂,采用水溶液聚合法合成了小麦秸秆接枝丙烯酸系列高吸水树脂。研究了单体配比、丙烯酸中和度、引发剂及交联剂用量对吸去离子水的影响。结果表明,该树脂具有良好的吸水性能,吸收去离子水达617 g/g。     

丙烯酰胺/丙烯酸/甲基丙烯酸甲酯双水相共聚过程的临界分相

采用偶氮二异丙基咪唑啉盐酸盐（VA-044）引发丙烯酰胺（AM）/丙烯酸（AA）/甲基丙烯酸甲酯（MMA）在含一定量聚丙烯酸钠（PAANa）的硫酸铵（AS）水溶液中进行双水相共聚合。用分光光度计对聚合体系分相进行在线确定,采用溴化法测定了聚合体系临界分相时的转化率,用凝胶渗透色谱（GPC）对聚合体系临界分相时聚合物链的分子量进行了研究。随着MMA用量的增加,临界分相转化率和临界分相分子量逐渐减少;AM与AA单体总量增加,临界分相转化率逐渐降低,临界分相分子量逐渐变大;相似文献   

The kinetics of radical copolymerization of acrylonitrile and methylacrylate with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide as a phase-transfer catalyst

The phase-transfer radical cpolymerization of acrylonitrile and methylacrylate with hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide was investigated in (NH₄)₂S₂O₈ aqueous-organic two-phase system at 55‡C and under nitrogen atmosphere. The rate of copolymerization was expressed in terms of quaternary ammonium ion and peroxydisulfate ion in the aqueous phase rather than the fed concentrations of HTAB and (NH₄S₂O₈. The observed initial rate of copolymerization was used to analyze the copolymerization mechanism with a cyclic phase-transfer initiation step.     

Effect of medium pH on the reactivity ratios in acrylamide acrylic acid copolymerization

The copolymerization reactivity ratios of acrylic acid and acrylamide are found at pH 5 and pH 2. Automatic continuous online monitoring of polymerization reactions (ACOMP) has been used for the first time to monitor the synthesis of polyelectrolytic copolymers. The composition drift during the reactions revealed that at pH 5, the acrylamide participates more in the copolymer, and at pH 2, the acrylic acid incorporates in the system at a higher ratio. The copolymerization data were analyzed by a recent error in variables (EVM) type calculation method developed for obtaining the reactivity ratios by on‐line monitoring and gave at pH 5 reactivity ratios r_Aam = 1.88 ± 0.17, r_Aac = 0.80 ± 0.07 and at pH 2 r_Aam = 0.16 ± 0.04, r_Aac = 0.88 ± 0.08. The results show that the reactivity ratios depend strongly on the pH of the medium. The effect of polyelectrolytic interactions on the reactivity ratios is discussed in detail. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 968–974, 2007     

丙烯酸系高吸水树脂的改性与应用

介绍了丙烯酸系吸水树脂的制备及其在农业、石油、建筑、医疗卫生等领域的应用。     

Propagation rate coefficient of acrylic acid: theoretical investigation of the solvent effect

The free-radical polymerization propagation rate coefficient (k_p) of acrylic acid (AA) was calculated using transition state theory and ab initio quantum chemistry in order to shed light on the very strong solvent effects observed experimentally. Calculations were performed using a gas-phase reaction simulation, and the contribution of solvent then taken into account using the Polarizable Continuum Model for two solvents—water and toluene. The frequency factor (A) for AA propagation was insensitive to both varying the level of quantum theory applied as well as introducing a solvent field into the calculations. The activation energy (E_a) decreased substantially (∼10 kJ mol⁻¹) upon introduction of the water solvent field relative to the gas phase; however, the toluene solvent field had little impact on E_a. From analyzing transition state (TS) bond lengths and angles, as well as electronic density, this variation in E_a was attributed to greater resonance stabilization of the TS in the polar solvent, as well as more substantial mixing of reactant molecular orbitals, assisting in the transfer of electrons from the alkene to the radical. This provides a partial explanation to the marked variation in aqueous-phase k_p of water-soluble monomers seen experimentally with changes in monomer and electrolyte concentrations, which alters the hydrogen bonding patterns in solution.     

Dehydration of lactic acid to acrylic acid in high temperature water at high pressures

Reaction of lactic acid was investigated with a flow apparatus in water at high temperatures (450 °C) and high pressures (40–100 MPa). The major products obtained from the reaction of lactic acid were acrylic acid, acetaldehyde, and the minor products were acetic acid and propionic acid. The maximum selectivity of acrylic acid was 44% at 23% lactic acid conversion that was obtained at 450 °C, 100 MPa and a residence time of 0.8 s. The reaction kinetics could be modeled by considering two pathways defined as a dehydration pathway to acrylic acid and a combined reaction pathway that consisted of decarboxylation and decarbonylation to acetaldehyde. The data and the kinetic analysis consistently show that both dehydration and the combined decarboxylation and decarbonylation reactions continue to be promoted in supercritical water as pressure (water density) increases. However, high water densities increase the selectivity of the dehydration reaction.     

Ultrasonically initiated emulsifier-free emulsion copolymerization of n-butyl acrylate and acrylamide. Part I: Polymerization mechanism

The polymerization mechanism of ultrasonically initiated emulsifier-free emulsion copolymerization of n-butyl acrylate (BA) and acrylamide (AM) was investigated. A four-step polymerization mechanism of the ultrasonically initiated emulsifier-free emulsion was put forward based on the monomer conversion and the main reaction locus. Improving the power output would increase the monomer conversion and the rate of polymerization. However, when the reaction temperature was 30 °C and the concentration of Na₂SO₄ was 0.1%, the monomer conversion and the rate of polymerization achieved maximum. The FTIR spectra showed that the sample obtained by this way was the copolymer of BA and AM, but not the blend of poly(butyl acrylate) and polyacrylamide.     

Cross-linking polymerization of acrylic acid in supercritical carbon dioxide

Cross-linking polymerization of acrylic acid in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO₂) was studied in a batch reactor at 50 °C and 207 bar with either triallyl pentaerythritol ether or tetraallyl pentaerythritol ether as the cross-linker and with 2,2′-azobis(2,4-dimethyl-valeronitrile) as the free radical initiator. All polymers were white, dry, fine powders. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the morphology of the polymer particles was not affected by cross-linking. As the cross-linker concentration was increased, the polymer glass transition temperature first decreased, then increased. Water-soluble and water-insoluble polymers were synthesized by adjusting the cross-linker concentration. Viscosity measurements showed that the polymer thickening effect strongly depended on the degree of cross-linking. Finally, cross-linking polymerization of acrylic acid in scCO₂ was carried out in a continuous stirred tank reactor. The use of cross-linker decreased the monomer conversion in this system.     

Effect of matrix graft modification using acrylic acid on the PP/Mg(OH)2 composites and its possible mechanism

The matrix graft modification using an acrylic acid (AAc) was employed on the polypropylene/Mg(OH)₂ flame-retardant composite. The graft modification of PP matrix was carried out via an in-situ reactive extrusion by a twin-screw extruder. The tensile strength of the composites was analyzed using an equation developed by Pukanszky from which both matrix tensile strength σ₀ and interfacial adhesion strength were found to be increased. The enhancement of σ₀ is due to the intermolecular crosslinking of PP by AAc grafting. This crosslinking causes increases of tensile strength, Young’s modulus, impact resistance, and thermal resistance, but decreases the elongation at break of the composites.     

H-complex formation and influence on the radical copolymerization of acrylic acid and 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone in tetrahydrofuran

The association constant of the H-complex formation between acrylic acid and 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone in tetrahydrofuran at 22°C (K₁ = 1350 mol 1^?1) was determined by means of ¹H NMR spectroscopy. A detailed equation for the copolymer composition, accounting for the participation in the chain propagation of the above complex and that between acid and solvent molecules, was derived. It was used for evalution of the relative reactivities of the complexes discussed and of the uncomplexed 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone molecules.     

Tailoring bulk and surface grafting of poly(acrylic acid) in electron-irradiated PVDF

Endowing conventional hydrophobic poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) films with hydrophilic properties was conducted using electron beam irradiation. Grafting of acrylic acid (AA) in/onto pre-irradiated PVDF films was investigated. Reaction parameters, monomer concentration and inhibitor concentration were examined. Radiation grafted films (PVDF-g-PAA) were synthesized with various grafting yields ranging from 12 to 130 wt % in presence of Mohr's salt (25 wt %). Below 80 wt % of monomer concentration, the degree of swelling was found to increase with the grafting yield. The PAA was arranged randomly in all PVDF matrix (grafting through). Above 80 wt % of monomer concentration, the PAA was grafted only onto the surface of PVDF films leading to a highly dense layer of PAA. Grafting through or surface grafting processes were achieved by varying the water fraction in the initial monomer solution. Water molecule acts not only as a carrier for the monomer but also as a plasticizer expanding the film in the three dimensions. Evidences of grafting through and surface grafting were produced using FTIR in ATR mode, SEM coupled to X-ray detection and XPS. An accurate quantification of AA units was possible up to the micromole via a Cu²⁺–EDTA complex analyzed by UV–vis spectroscopy.