Casting of organic glass by radiation-induced polymerization of glass-forming monomers at low temperatures. VI. Casting polymerization of methyl methacrylate prepolymer by irradiation

Casting of methyl methacrylate prepolymer by irradiation at relatively low temperatures was studied. It was difficult to completely glassify the methyl methacrylate monomer and prepolymer, and so the casting was carried out at temperatures above its melting point (?48°C). The optical strain formed in this stream remained of the stress type, and optical strain formation was reduced with increasing prepolymer concentration and decreasing temperature.