Abstract
Poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) films with different molecular masses were exposed to ultraviolet radiation. The infra-red spectra of all the samples showed a continuous attenuation of the intensity of the carbonyl stretching bands (1740 cm −1) and of the symmetrical methyl bending vibration bands (1375 cm −1), which suggests a steady loss of acetate side groups during irradiation. The electronic spectra showed an increase in the uv absorption at about 272 nm, suggesting the occurrence of polyene sequences in the polymer chains. In the low molecular mass sample there was almost no insoluble gel fraction formed, even after 20 h irradiation; in the high molecular mass polymer there was already a 50% insoluble fraction after 5 h irradiation, indicating a high degree of crosslinking, although the average viscometric molecular mass of the soluble fraction was only about one sixth of the initial value.
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