Abstract
Density and viscosity have been used as real-time probes to follow the progress of free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate in acetone at high pressures. Specifically, the polymerizations were conducted at 343 K and at 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, and 42 MPa in acetone with AIBN as initiator. Polymers with narrow molecular-weight distributions (Mw/Mn = 1.45–1.55) and without high-molecular-weight tail-ends (Mz/Mw = 1.26–1.33) were formed. The results show that the polymerization proceeds in two distinguishable regimes characterized by different rates of change in density or viscosity. The densities and viscosities of model mixtures of poly(methyl methacrylate) plus methyl methacrylate (the monomer) of known compositions were also measured and used to relate the change in viscosity during polymerization to change in the monomer concentration. The change in monomer concentration was then used in evaluating the rate constant and its pressure dependence. The overall apparent first-order rate constants were fo...
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