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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 48, Issue 15, Pages 5076-5087Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b01148
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- ETH Zurich
- BASF
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The free-radical copolymerization of acrylamide with the cationic monomer DMAEA-Q in aqueous medium is investigated with special attention to its composition behavior, which reveals to be affected by the electrostatic interactions between the charges in the system. The reaction kinetics is determined by in situ H-1 NMR experiments, showing a peculiar dependence of the copolymer composition upon initial monomer and electrolyte concentrations. A kinetic model simulating the evolution of copolymer composition as a function of conversion is developed, accounting for the nonconventional features of the system. Namely, a description of the electrostatic interactions based on the DLVO theory is introduced to define a functional dependence of the rate coefficients on the ionic strength. Secondary reactions are also included due to the acrylic nature of both monomers. The proposed model is applied to estimate the corresponding reactivity ratios and proves to exhibit the correct functionality with respect to monomer concentration and ionic strength.
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