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 free radical polymerization of n-laurylmethacrylate has been studied using a combination of rheological and kinetic methods. In addition to classical dilatometry, the extent of reaction of a polymerization was followed in a cone and plate rheometer by measuring the change in the diffraction of a laser beam shone through the polymerizing sample parallel to the plate of the rheometer. The change in diffraction was caused by the change in index of refraction of the monomer becoming polymer, which was related to the extent of reaction. Simultaneous measurements of loss and storage moduli and dynamic viscosity at 1 Hz provided the data necessary for correlating changes in the kinetics with changes in the rheology of the polymerizing system.
Additional Material:
12 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760220703
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