Abstract

Polymeric dispersive viscosity index improvers of lubricating mineral oils based on styrene, dodecyl-methacrylate, octadecyl methacrylate, and N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (d-PSAMA) were produced by performing copolymerizations isothermally up to the high conversion in mineral base oil solution, using monofunctional or bifunctional peroxide initiator. The obtained kinetics results reveal the benefits of the usage of a bifunctional peroxide initiator over a monofunctional, because complete conversion of monomers was accomplished in the shorter reaction time, performing the process in a full batchwise mode. When the bifunctional initiator was applied, the required polymerization temperature was slightly higher (105 °C), and copolymers of higher average molecular weight values (Mw = 60–120 kg mol–1) were obtained, while in case of the monofunctional peroxide initiator, the reaction temperature was 100 °C, and average molecular weight values of copolymers were Mw = 30–100 kg/mol. Investigated applicati...

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