ISSN:
0360-6376
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
High molecular weight alternating ethylene-ethyl acrylate copolymers were prepared by using boron trifluoride to complex the acrylate ester. The polymerizations were run under mild conditions (25-50°C, 6-20 atm ethylene) in dichloromethane or dichloroethane solution with free-radical initiation. At lower ethylene pressures or at less than stoichiometric levels of BF3, the polymers are acrylate-rich. This is due to ethyl acrylate homopolymerization competing with the copolymerization reaction. The effect of other polymerization variables is also discussed.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1977.170150614
