ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
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:
Copolymers of tributyltin methacrylate (TBTM) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) comprise an important class of biocidal slow-release organometallic polymers (OMPs). Little is known of the kinetics and mechanism of copolymerization. TBTM and MMA were copolymerized in the presence of a free radical initiator (benzoyl peroxide) at 80.1°C. Aliquots, taken at preselected intervals from 0 to 1440 min, were fractionated by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled with ultraviolet (UV) and tin-specific graphite furnace atomic absorption (GFAA) detectors. A UV absorbance observed at 254 nm was associated with low-molecular-weight species, decreasing in concentration continuously with time of reaction. Tin-specific GFAA indicated a decrease in low-molecular-weight species (ca. 350 daltons) with concurrent increases in high-molecular-weight species (ca. 40,000 daltons). The fraction of high molecular-weight increased as a linear function of the logarithm of the time of reaction. SEC-UV-GFAA thus provides a tool of major importance for characterizing the time dependence and continuity of the process by which monomers of TBTM are converted to a useful bioactive slow-release coating material.
Additional Material:
2 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1981.070260913
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