Chlorine-containing copolymers

A significant use of butylene oxide [26249-20-7] is as an acid scavenger for chlorine-containing materials such as trichloroethylene. Inclusion of about 0.25—0.5% of butylene oxide, based on the solvent weight, during preparation of vinyl chloride and copolymer resin solutions minimizes container corrosion which may be detrimental to resin color and properties. 

In the same scheme, moreover, it is evident that, besides phosphazene homopolymers, the substitution of the chlorines with two (or more) different substituents leads to the preparation of substituent phosphazene copolymers [263] containing different homosubstituted and heterosubstituted monomeric units. Moreover, the cationic polymerization of phosphoranimines [215-217] produces polymers with hving reactive ends (vide supra) from which the preparation of chain phosphazene copolymers (block copolymers) [220,223,225, 229,232-235,239, 240] formed by different polymeric backbones linked together in a unique macromolecule could be obtained. 

ISO 305, Plastics - Determination of thermal stability of poly(vinyl chloride), related chlorine-containing homopolymers and copolymers and their compounds - Discoloration method, 1990. 

Although acidic paint formulations based on the chlorine-containing vinyl acrylic latex copolymer give excellent anti-corrosive performance, they do exhibit two unusual features not present in the corresponding alkaline formulations ... 

Coupling of polymers to form graft copolymers is accomplished by nucleophilic reaction between living polystyryl carbanion and various chlorine-containing polymers such as... 

Chlorine-containing Polymers. Polymers containing one chlorine atom in various environments (other sustituents) were studied by XPS poly(vinyl chloride) PVC, poly(chlorotrifluoro-ethylene) PCTFE, an (ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene) copolymer, and poly(epichlorohydrine) PEPI, were chosen because besides carbon atoms they contain chlorine in presence of hydrogen, fluorine, and oxygen atoms. The valence band spectra of these compounds (see Figure 9) show that features can be easily and unambiguously assigned to a contribution from the chlorine molecular orbitals. 

Copolymers of vinyl fluoride with such monomers as vinylidene fluoride or l-chloro-2-fluoroethylene were prepared in the presence of trichloroacetyl peroxide at 0 C in sealed tubes. The chlorine-containing copolymers were then reductively dechlorinated at 60 C in tetrahydrofuran with tri- -butyltin hydride in the presence of 2,2 -azobis(isobutyronitrile) for up to 40 hr. This general procedure led to the formation of polymers with a reasonable control of the level of head-to-head, tail-to-tail linkages in the product [27]. 

I. Organic carbochain polymers and copolymers of poly-4-methylpentene-l [4] PMMA or methyl methacrylate (MMA) copolymers with other alkyl-(meth)acrylates (AMA) [1-3, 5] poly(vinyl acetate) vinyl acetate copolymer with ethylene [4, 6-8] polymers of chlorine-containing olefins [9]. 

Choice of an appropiate surface treatment and a suitable primer are important because adhesion to the substrates presents difficulties [11.37]. Primers based on modified alkyd resins or two-pack epoxy-resins for derusted ferrous metals mainly contain zinc phosphate and zinc OKide as corrosion protection pigments. Nonferrous metals are first washed with an ammoniacal wetting agent before applying the primer that contains a binder based on synthetic resins (e.g., PVC copolymers, chlorinated rubber) which ensure good adhesion to the substrate. The same primer must be used on zinc or galvanized surfaces because the use of alkyd resins causes embrittlement [11.38] The primed surfaces are largely topcoated with alkyd resin systems. 

In addition to polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the chlorine-containing polymers and different copolymers of vinyl chloride are polyvinylidene chloride, chloro-rubber, rubber hydrochloride, chlorinated polyolefins, polychloro-prene, and polytrifluorochloroethylene. In addition to detecting chlorine with the Beilstein test (see Chapter 4), these polymers can be identified by using the color reaction with pyridine (see Table 6.2). 

J.C. Padget, J.P. Moreland, Use of A.C. impedance in the study of the anticorrosive properties of chlorine-containing vinyl acrylic latex copolymers, J. Coat. Technol. 55 (1983) 39—51. 

A copolymer of methyl methacrylate and vinyl chloride containing labelled chlorine ( "Cl) has been examined using thermovolatilization analysis and radiochemical assay. The yields of methyl chloride and hydrogen chloride agree with predictions made from sequence distribution calculations. The thermal degradation of a number of chlorine-containing polymers, poly(vinyl chloride), chlorinated polyethylene, chlorosulphonated polyethylene, polychloroprene, poly-epichlorhydrin, and co- and ter-polymers of epichlorhydrin has been compared and structural effects elucidated. ... 

Carbon-13 NMR is being used to characterize the microstructure of a variety of chlorine-containing polymers. Among these are homopolymers, copolymers, and chemically modified polymers. In the last category is the series of polymers obtained by addition of di-chlorocarbene to the double bonds of polybutadiene. 

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