M. Macret, G. Hild
1982
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Polymer
Abstract
Abstract Hydroxyalkyl methacrylates such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and 2, 3-dihydroxypropyl methacrylate (DHPM) have been prepared. An efficient method has been developed yielding a quantitative purification in order to eliminate any trace of crosslinking agent in these monomers. Kinetic investigations of the radical polymerization and of the radical copolymerization of their mixtures have been performed by measuring, at various times, the monomer consumptions, using gas-liquid chromatography (g.l.c.). It has been established that the radical copolymerization of DHPM-HEMA couple works efficiently without excessive fluctuations in the composition of the formed chains. The corresponding radical copolymerization ratios have been precisely determined and the obtained results to demonstrate that DHPM-HEMA system leads to an ideal copolymerization.