Experimental procedure latex polymers

Pentachlorophenyl acrylate, (1), was terpolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) and n-butyl acrylate (nBA) (Scheme III) to give a latex containing 537 solids and a pll of 4.7 which was adjusted to 6.8 by adding aqueous NaOH. The latex was stable up to pH =10. A small aliquot vzas coagulated and the resulting polymer purified. Its intrinsic viscosity was 3.1 /g and analysis indicated 2 mole percent (1), 587 CIA and 40" nBA. Similar terpolyner latices were prepared from acrylates (2) and (3) (Scheme III). Another terpolymer latex made from (3), vinyl acetate, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate contained 547 solids. Tliese latices and their compositions are summarized in the Table 1 and a sample experimental procedure is given in the experimental section. 

Practical utility of the described correction procedure of the experimental fractograms was demonstrated first by applying it to the real fractograms of a polymer latex obtained from sedimentation FFF [4] and was subsequently confirmed [6-8]. 

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