The photopolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) initiated by a binary system consisting of triphenylphosphine (TPP) and benzyl bromide was studied in order to compare the initiating efficiency of the binary system with that of the corresponding quaternary salt. The studies were also undertaken
Radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate with benzyl triphenylphosphonium bromide
โ Scribed by U.D.N. Bajpai; Takayuki Otsu
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-3057
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โฆ Synopsis
The photopolymerization of methyl methacrylate with benzyl tripbenylphosphonium bromide has been studied in order to assess whether this system follows a living radical polymerization mechanism. Rate of polymerization is found to increase linearly with monomer concentration and 0.31 power with respect to photoinitiator concentration. The overall activation energy is 27.7 kJ/mol within the studied temperature range 25-40 ยฐ. Hydroquinone inhibits the polymerization. The molecular weight of the resulting polymer does not increase with increase with conversion and time. This result indicates that the system does not conform to the living radical polymerization model and is a case of ordinary radical polymerization.
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