Abstract
AbstractPolybutadiene (PB) is used to fill an oil absorption resin as a physical crosslinker to construct a kind of 3‐dimensional network with a high degree crosslinking and low crosslink density. A series of acrylic resin particles with various compositions are prepared by suspension polymerization, using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as an initiator and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as a chemical crosslinker. The effects of the polymerization temperature, initiator concentration, monomer feed ratio, and chemical and physical crosslinker concentrations on the oil absorbency and gel fraction (degree of crosslinking) are studied. The recipe and operation conditions are optimized as follows: a mass ratio of 3:1 for styrene (St)/dodecyl methacrylate or St/butyl acrylate, 0.5 wt % BPO, and 80°C for 7–8 h. The effect of the physical crosslinker (PB) concentration is complex. The oil absorbency increases with increasing PB at lower EGDMA concentrations. However, under this same condition, particles cannot be formed if the PB concentration is higher than a certain value. By contrast, there is an optimum PB concentration when the EGDMA concentration is higher. The oil absorption speed is also investigated. The presence of PB can speed up absorption. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 3309–3314, 2003
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