Abstract

The reactivity ratios for the bulk free‐radical copolymerization of n‐butyl acrylate (BA)/n‐butyl methacrylate (BMA) are estimated at 80 °C. By performing a series of low conversion runs including replicate runs, the reactivity ratios are estimated as rBA = 0.460 and rBMA = 2.008. Runs to high conversions are then conducted at three different feed compositions (fBMA = 0.2, 0.5, and 0.8) to validate the reactivity ratios. The composition data from the high conversion experiments show good agreement with the estimated reactivity ratios in the integrated form of the Mayo–Lewis model. The molecular weight, gel content, and glass transition temperature of BA/BMA copolymers are also determined. image

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