Synthesis of cationic flocculants by the inverse microemulsion copolymerization of acrylamide with 60% 2-acryloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride in the monomer feed. II. influence of the formulation composition, hydrophilic-lipophilic balance, starting polymerization temperature, and reaction time

  • J. R. Ochoa*
  • , F. J. Escudero Sanz
  • , P. M. Sasia
  • , A. Santos García
  • , E. Díaz De Apodaca
  • , P. Río
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Acrylamide/2-acryloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride copolymers in inverse microemulsions, with 60% 2-acryloxyethyltrimethyl ammonium chloride in the monomer feed and a concentration of active matter of 30% (w/w) as flocculants, were obtained by inverse micro-emulsion copolymerization. Inverse microemulsion formulations of comonomers, interesting from both technical and economical viewpoints, were polymerized by semicontinuous free-radical copolymerization with sodium disulfite as the initiator. The influence of the formulation composition, hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB), starting polymerization temperature, and reaction time on the polymerization and final properties of the products as flocculants was studied.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)186-197
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Applied Polymer Science
Volume103
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jan 2007

Keywords

  • Copolymerization
  • Microstructure
  • Polyelectrolytes
  • Radical polymerization
  • Water-soluble polymers

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