ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
The polymerization of methyl methacrylate with Ziegler-Natta catalyst, anionic catalyst and gamma radiation has been shown possible at temperatures below 0°C. A free radical mechanism is suggested in the case of Ziegler-Natta catalyst which is known for a coordinate anionic polymerization mechanism. In view of this, the Ziegler-Natta catalysts based on vanadium compounds were investigated for the polymerization of methyl methacrylate. They were found effective for polymerization of methyl methacrylate at, and around, room temperature. The structure of the polymer was stereoblock. This apparently leads to the conclusion that the mechanism of polymerization of methyl methacrylate was not free radical but coordinate anionic. Similarly, the catalyst system of chromium acetyl acetonate and aluminium triethyl polymerized methyl methacrylate at and around room temperature into an highly stereoblock structure containing high isotacticity.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760140406
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