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These catalysts represent the current state-of-the-art in ethylene copolymerization with polar olefinic monomers, being able to copolymerize a wide variety of polar monomers containing both O and N heteroatoms to generate completely linear, high molecular weight, random copolymers. There are leads to enhance the modest activity of these catalysts, and it will be interesting to watch further developments over the next few years. 

Vinyl ester resins arc manufactured through an addition reaction of an epoxy resin with an acrylic monomer, such as acrylic acid, methaciylic add. or the half-ester product of an hydroxyalkyl acrylate and anhydride. In contrast, the polyester resins are condensation products of dibasic acids and palyhydric alcohols. The relatively low-molecular-weight precise polymer structure of the vinyl ester resins is in contrast to the high-molecular-weight random structure of the polyesters. 

The unique dependence of Qc on the width of the interface has also been found for interfaces between high molecular weight random copolymers and homopolymers [69,70]. It is apparent from Fig. 40b, however, that while regimes I and II are also observed, the critical width, where the transition from regime I to regime II occurs, varies for different PS-based systems even though the bulk entanglement structure is the same. 

Hydrophobically associating polymers consist primarily of water-soluble monomer units with a small number of water-insoluble monomer units. Synthesis of high-molecular-weight random copolymers of acrylamide and alkylacrylamides required a novel aqueous surfactant micellar solution polymerization (2-4) because of the mutual immiscibility of the water-soluble and hydrophobic monomers. The use of surfactant micelles enabled solubilization of the hydrophobic monomer (alkylacrylamide [R]) into the aqueous phase containing the water-soluble monomer (acrylamide [AM]). The resulting RAM polymer after isolation provided homogeneous aqueous solutions. 

Synthesis of high molecular weight random copolymers of acrylamide and alkylacrylamides required a novel aqueous surfactant micellar solution polymerization. The surfactant type and concentration were chosen to provide solubilization of the hydrophobic monomer with preferably one or at most a few hydrophobic monomer groups per micelle. 

A more severe test for random scission is the recognition that, whatever the initial distribution of molecular weights, random scission should lead to the (Flory) most probable distribution with a polydispersity index equal... 

Albertsson, A.-C. and Gruvegard, M. (1995) Degradable high-molecular-weight random copolymers, based on e-caprolactone and l,5-dioxepan-2-one, with non-crystallizable units inserted in the crystalline structure. Polymer, 36, 1009-16. 

Styrene-Acrylonitrile (SAN) Copolymers. SAN resins are random, amorphous copolymers whose properties vary with molecular weight and copolymer composition. An increase in molecular weight or in acrylonitrile content generally enhances the physical properties of the copolymer but at some loss in ease of processing and with a slight increase in polymer color. 

Amide interchange reactions of the type represented by reaction 3 in Table 5.4 are known to occur more slowly than direct amidation nevertheless, reactions between high and low molecular weight polyamides result in a polymer of intermediate molecular weight. The polymer is initially a block copolymer of the two starting materials, but randomization is eventually produced. 

Figure 8.5 illustrates the sort of separation this approach predicts. Curve A in Fig. 8.5 shows the weight fraction of various n-mers plotted as a function of n. Comparison with Fig. 6.7 shows that the distribution is typical of those obtained in random polymerization. Curve B shows the distribution of molecular weights in the more dilute phase-the coacervate extract-calculated for the volumes of the two phases in the proportion 100 1. The distribution in the concentrated phase is shown as curve C it is given by the difference between curves A and B. 

The viscosity of a polymer solution is one of its most distinctive properties. Only a minimum amount of research is needed to establish the fact that [77] increases with M for those polymers which interact with the solvent to form a random coil in solution. In the next section we shall consider the theoretical foundations for the molecular weight dependence of [77], but for now we approach this topic from a purely empirical point of view. 

G-5—G-9 Aromatic Modified Aliphatic Petroleum Resins. Compatibihty with base polymers is an essential aspect of hydrocarbon resins in whatever appHcation they are used. As an example, piperylene—2-methyl-2-butene based resins are substantially inadequate in enhancing the tack of 1,3-butadiene—styrene based random and block copolymers in pressure sensitive adhesive appHcations. The copolymerization of a-methylstyrene with piperylenes effectively enhances the tack properties of styrene—butadiene copolymers and styrene—isoprene copolymers in adhesive appHcations (40,41). Introduction of aromaticity into hydrocarbon resins serves to increase the solubiHty parameter of resins, resulting in improved compatibiHty with base polymers. However, the nature of the aromatic monomer also serves as a handle for molecular weight and softening point control. 

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