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:
Vinylidene chloride (VDC)-butyl methacrylate (BMA) copolymer latex films of various compositions (83 : 17, 60 : 40, 33 : 67 in mol %), prepared by batch and semicontinuous processes, were investigated for their physical properties by infrared spectroscopy, 13C solidstate NMR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, solubility in various solvents, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and water vapor transmission rates (WVTR), and for their mechanical properties by dynamic mechanical spectroscopy (DMS), and tensile strength measurements. Semicontinuous latex films were found to be homogeneous in composition and amorphous in character. On the other hand, batch latex films containing high VDC monomer content were heterogeneous in composition and crystalline in character. These differences were found to reflect the effect of mode of monomer addition during the emulsion polymerization process, and correlated well to the results on kinetics, colloidal, and surface properties of the VDC-BMA copolymer latexes, as described in the first part of this study.
Additional Material:
11 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1992.070451218
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